Index Of

Open IIS Manager, select your site, double-click Directory Browsing, and click Disable.

While useful, an unintended Index of page is a Critical Severity vulnerability in many compliance frameworks (PCI-DSS, HIPAA, ISO 27001). Here is why: Index of

In 2018, a major financial services firm was found to have an open Index of /backups/ page. That single page listed 400GB of database dumps, internal API keys, and employee credentials. The page was indexed by Google within three days. Cybersecurity researchers discovered it by simply searching for intitle:"index of" "db_backup" . Open IIS Manager, select your site, double-click Directory

The result: a $5 million fine, loss of customer trust, and a year of remediation work. All because one administrator forgot to upload an index.html file or disable directory listing. Open IIS Manager