Overview
The Solution Accelerators Security & Compliance team encourages you to take an early look at the Security Compliance Manager version 1.0. Your feedback will help influence its development; tell us what you think so we can build this tool to best meet your needs!
The Security Compliance Manager version 1.0 provides centralized security baseline management features, a baseline portfolio, customization capabilities, and security baseline export flexibility to accelerate your organization’s ability to efficiently manage the security and compliance process for the most widely used Microsoft technologies. Better balance your organization’s needs for security and functionality with the new Security Compliance Manager.
This end-to-end Solution Accelerator is designed to help you plan, deploy, operate, and manage the security baselines of your Windows® server and client operating systems, and Microsoft applications. Access the complete database of Microsoft recommended security settings, customize you baselines, and then choose from multiple formats including Desired Configuration Management (DCM) packs, Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP), XLS, or Group Policy objects (GPOs) to export the baselines to your environment to automate the security baseline compliance verification process.
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About this Solution Accelerator
Centralized Management and Baseline Portfolio: The centralized management console of the Security Compliance Manager version 1.0 provides you with a unified, end-to-end user experience to plan, customize, and export security baselines. The tool gives you full access to a complete portfolio of recommended baselines for Windows client and server operating systems, and Microsoft applications.
Security Baseline Customization: Customizing, merging, and reviewing your baselines just got easier. Now you can use the new customization capabilities of the Security Compliance Manager version 1.0 to duplicate any of the recommended baselines from Microsoft (Windows client and server operating systems, and Microsoft applications) and quickly modify security settings to meet the standards of your organization’s environment.
Security Baseline Comparison and Export: Security Compliance Manager version 1.0 enables you to quickly adopt the latest Microsoft product releases. Side-by-side baseline comparison features allow you to identify any changes to setting configurations and merge baselines within a product family with ease. Export and deploy baselines in your format of choice, including Desired Configuration Management (DCM) packs, Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP), XLS, or Group Policy objects (GPOs).
Security Baseline Compliance Monitoring and Verification: Keep current with the latest releases from Microsoft; automate your security baseline compliance process, and take advantage of baseline version control and automatic update features. The planning, customization, and export features of Security Compliance Manager version 1.0 quickly enable you to leverage monitoring and verification technologies, automate policy deployment, and produce compliance reports.
This Solution Accelerator is designed to help your organization meet its security and compliance requirements by providing the following resources:
The Security Compliance Manager version 1.0 includes the following security baselines:
-Windows Client Operating System Baselines:
- Windows® 7, Windows Vista® SP2, Windows XP® SP3, BitLockerTM Drive Encryption
-Windows Server Operating System Baselines:
- Windows Server® 2008 SP2, Windows Server® 2003 SP2
-Microsoft Applications Baselines:
- 2007 Microsoft® Office SP2, Windows Internet Explorer® 8
Availability
The beta review program will run through early March 2010. We encourage you to take advantage of the opportunity to provide feedback on this new tool. The release of Security Compliance Manager version 1.0 is scheduled for April/May 2010.
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