๐ย Secure Bits ๐ก
๐๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐ฏ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ – ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ?
Iโm curious what your โtop 3โ are (I know it depends a lot on what we are protecting, but let’s try).
๐๐ณ ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ฒ (๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ), ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฒ:
1๏ธโฃย ๐ง๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น (๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฒ)
Separate roles and assets into tiers and useย separate admin accounts.
โ Goal: make it hard/impossible to steal high-privilege creds from lower tiers (workstations, file servers, etc.).
I consider removing local admin rights for users being part of this measure, as you are creating separated accounts and mapping the admin rights in general.
2๏ธโฃ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐
Defaults on modern Windows are getting better (Server 2025 / Win11), but environments arenโt always new – and settings drift over time.
โ Baselines give you aย known secure standardย and help prevent common abuse like credential harvesting/coercion, responder-style issues, and other โeasy winsโ.
3๏ธโฃ ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐น๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด
Hard to roll out at scale, but worth it.
โ Allow only what you need, and you stop a huge class of malware by default – without chasing every new threat.
(๐ ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐โ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐๐/๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ โ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ง ๐โ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ, ๐โ๐ฎ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ด, ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด.)
๐งฉย ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ป:ย pick your top 3 from the image (or create your own) and commentย your three choices + why.
