title: Hacking Exposed Windows: Microsoft Windows Security Secrets and Solutions, Third Edition
author:  Joel Scambray 
description: <p align="left"><strong>Joel Scambray, CISSP</strong>, is Chief Strategy Officer at Leviathan Security Group (leviathansecurity.com). His nearly 15 years of information security experience encompasses roles as a corporate leader (senior management positions at Microsoft and Ernst & Young), entrepreneur (co-founder of Foundstone), successful technical consultant for Fortune 500 firms, and internationally recognized speaker and author of multiple security books, including all five editions of <em>Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions</em>.
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  # Mastering Windows Security and Hardening
  
  
  Secure and protect your Windows environment from intruders, malware attacks,
  and other cyber threats
  
  
  Mark Dunkerley
  
  
  Matt Tumbarello
  
  
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  BIRMINGHAM—MUMBAI
  
  
  # Mastering Windows Security and Hardening
  
  
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