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Process
Current Diagnosis
Evaluation of the current configuration status against security standards (CIS Benchmarks).
Hardening Plan
Design of a secure configuration adapted to your business functionality to avoid affecting operability.
Implementation
Application of controls: port closing, minimum permissions, encryption, and disabling unnecessary services.
Monitoring
Verification that the system remains operational and secure. Delivery of documentation for the new configuration.
Security is not a product,
it's a configuration.
Most successful attacks exploit simple configuration flaws or unnecessary services enabled by default. Our hardening service transforms your systems into digital fortresses, eliminating attack vectors and ensuring that every component complies with the principle of "least privilege".
Key Benefits
Radically minimizes the available attack surface for hackers.
Compliance with robust standards like CIS Benchmarks and NIST.
Security by Design
An "out-of-the-box" operating system is optimized for usability, not security. Our hardening process reverses this priority. We secure the operating system, web server, database, and network using hundreds of granular controls.
This includes strict user and permission management, advanced host-level firewall configuration, implementation of robust password policies, data encryption at rest and in transit, and secure configuration of services (SSH, RDP, databases) to resist intrusion and brute force attempts.
Our Approach
We combine human intelligence and creativity with advanced tools to offer a deep and comprehensive audit.
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International Standards
We base our work on CIS (Center for Internet Security) and CNI/CCN-CERT guides.
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Automation
Use of Infrastructure as Code (Ansible/Terraform) for secure and repeatable deployments.
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Balance
We improve security without breaking the critical functionality of your applications.
Server Hardening
FAQs
Patching corrects known software errors. Hardening goes further: it changes the default configuration to make the system more resistant, even if the software has unknown vulnerabilities (0-days). Both are necessary.
If applied without control, yes. That's why at Primitive we first perform a diagnosis and apply changes in a testing environment (staging) before moving to production, ensuring that functionality is not affected.
You receive an optimized and secure environment, along with a technical report of the changes made ('before & after') and a maintenance guide to maintain the security level in the future.
Hardening should be reviewed whenever new infrastructure or significant architectural changes are introduced. Additionally, we recommend an annual periodic review to adapt to new threats.