System Hardening

ABSTRACT The rise of sophisticated technology introduces us to the sophisticated adversary. These adversaries force us to increase our defense and security of today's information systems more than ever. The powerful process of system hardening is a good way to increase our defense and security. System hardening is a multilayered system of defense to enhance the security of an information system. My goal here is to fully define the term system hardening and explain its benefits, methods to accomplish it, the tools available to us to secure our systems, the challenges that stand in the way, and the goals of system hardening.