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Windows

Patchlevel / Servicepack
patchlevel and servicepacks installed
User
Access to critical accounts (guest, administrator), password policy (requests for lenght and quality), administration of accounts, administration of profiles and login-scripts, password cracking, group-analysis
Domainconcept / Active Directory
installation and maintenance of the domain, installation and maintenance of the active directory, global catalog, permissions in the domain and trust relationships, use of workgroups and group policy
Logfiles
analyzing of system-logfiles, use of third-party system-monitoring-tools, protection of logfiles
File- and Directory-Permissions
inspection of used filesystem (NTFS, FAT, DFS, EFS), file- and directory-permissions of user- and group-directories
Registry
tuning, hardening, permissions
Services
minimal needed services, enumeration, information disclosure, service permissions
Firewall
filter of protocols and services, exceptions
Encryption Mechanism
use of encryption software for data and mails, use of encryption software for user-authentication, Single-Sign-On (SSO), EFS, Truecrypt, Bitlocker
Remote Control
use of remote-control-tools (PCAnywhere, NetOP, Timbuktu, Radmin, Netviever, Teamviewer, Carbon Copy, VNC, SMS, RDP, TerminalServices), administration of remote-control-permissions
Backup
backup strategies and storage
Malware Protection
usage and updating of anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-phishing, anti-trojan, anti-rootkit
Hardening
memory protection like DEP (Data Execution Prevention) and SEH (Security Exception Handling), hardened apps (PHP, Python, Java, C, ...)
More
databases, terminal services, web (IIS), FTP, DNS, file and print