FlockYou — ALPR and Flock Safety camera awareness devices from STS Collective

2023-07-01 (Modified: 2026-10-10) — Written by SimeonOnSecurity — 2 min read

Map IT administration tasks to security roles, complete a safe hardening project, and save evidence employers may review.

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#cybersecurity portfolio #security hardening

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Automating Security and Hardening

2023-02-11 (Modified: 2026-08-01) — Written by SimeonOnSecurity — 2 min read

Discover a collection of scripts and configurations to optimize and harden your systems, making them STIG compliant and hacking resistant.

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#System Hardening #Windows optimization #Windows Defender hardening #Simeononsecurity #Cybersecurity

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Automate Windows Compliance with Ansible STIG Playbooks

2022-04-26 (Modified: 2026-06-28) — Written by SimeonOnSecurity — 1 min read

Streamline your security compliance with Ansible STIG Playbooks for Windows systems.

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#Automation #Windows hardening #STIG compliance #ansible galaxy #Powershell

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TIL: Enforcing Windows Defender Application Control

2021-01-04 (Modified: 2026-08-01) — Written by SimeonOnSecurity — 1 min read

What SimeonOnSecurity learned about and found interesting today

Today, SimeonOnSecurity delved into the topic of auditing and enforcing Windows Defender Application Control WDAC policies. WDAC is a feature in Windows that helps to prevent unauthorized or untrusted software from running on a device. It provides a means of controlling which applications can run on a device, thereby helping to improve the overall security of the device.

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#Windows Security #Device security #Threat Protection #Group Policy #security policies

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Automate .NET STIG Compliance with PowerShell Script

2020-08-20 (Modified: 2026-06-26) — Written by SimeonOnSecurity — 2 min read

Easily implement the .NET Framework STIG with this PowerShell script, modifying the machine.config file and applying required registry changes for FIPS and other controls.