Hardening Windows Systems
Roberta Bragg
McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Ok, so you want to secure your current, already (maybe poorly) implemented Windows networking environment. This may be the right book for you to get you on the path to better security. Note I did not say good security, I said better.

I bought the book Hardening Linux by James Turnbull published by APress. That book has what I wish Hardening Windows Systems would have: a comprehensive security strategy.

Instead, this book is nothing more than an overly wordy To-Do list with not a lot of information to tell you how to accomplish the To-Do list nor why you would even want to do the To-Do list to begin with (except for maybe chapter one, which was quite good, but still lacking).

If you have an existing, insecure Windows 2000/2003/XP networing environment and want to get started tightening up the ship, this book may be good to get you more secure quickly.

If you really want to lock down your existing installation, or you are starting a new Microsoft nework installation and want a comprehensive strategy for deploying a secure environment from the get-go, this book is NOT for you.