Foundation glossary/Operations
Hardening
Companion card for the Foundation course — study the related lesson for full progress.
Simple explanation
Close extra doors attackers love.
Technical explanation
Disable unused services, patch, secure baselines.
Real-life scenario
Remove unused Chrome extensions; turn off USB autorun; update phone.
Security relevance
Shrinks attack surface before fancy tools matter.
Practical example
Disable SMBv1; MFA; close unused ports.
Inventory
Disable extras
Patch
Baseline
Mini quiz
Turning off unused services on a server is:
Related lesson
No direct lesson slug yet — use the Foundation course syllabus or roadmap level system-security.