Published: May 22, 2003 | Updated: January 4, 2010
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About this Solution Accelerator
The Windows XP Security Compliance Management Toolkit provides you with an end-to-end solution to help you plan, deploy, and monitor the security baselines of computers running Windows XP® Professional Service Pack 3 (SP3) in your environment.
This Solution Accelerator includes the Windows XP Security Guide and the GPOAccelerator tool to provide you with prescriptive information and automated tools to establish and deploy your security baseline. This toolkit also provides you with 6 Configuration Packs to use with the desired configuration management (DCM) feature in Microsoft® System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP1. Use these components to help you monitor the implementation of your security baseline for Windows XP SP3.
The Windows Vista Security Compliance Management Toolkit is part of the Security Compliance Management Toolkit Series.
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Included in the Download
Each of the Security Compliance Management Toolkits includes the following components:
- Security Guide –Each toolkit includes an updated version of a previously released security guide for Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Internet Explorer 8, or 2007 Microsoft Office. The guidance provides you with best practices and automated tools to help you plan and deploy your security baseline.
- Security Baseline Settings workbook – A resource that lists the prescribed settings for each of the preconfigured security baselines that the security guides recommend.
- Security Baseline XML –XML files that allow your organization to consume the data defined in the Security Baseline Settings workbook.
- GPOAccelerator tool – A tool that you can use to create all the Group Policy objects (GPOs) you need to deploy your chosen security configuration.
- INF Files – INF files for Windows 7 and BitLocker, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2003.
- Baseline Compliance Management Overview – The overview discusses best practices on how to monitor security baselines for Windows operating systems, Internet Explorer, and Office applications.
- DCM Configuration Pack User Guide – A step-by-step prescriptive user guide about how to use the configurations packs in Configuration Manager 2007 R2.
- DCM Configuration Packs – The toolkit includes DCM Configuration Packs for you to use with the DCM feature in Configuration Manager 2007 R2.
In More Detail
The Windows XP Security Guide includes the following content:
Overview
Executive Summary
Who Should Read This Guide
Chapter Summaries
Chapter 1: Implementing the Security Baseline
Enterprise Client Environment
Specialized Security – Limited Functionality Environment
Chapter 2: Additional Hardening Procedures
Disable Automatic Execution of Windows Error Reporting
Disable SSDP/UPNP: Disable SSDP/UPNP
Securing the File System
Chapter 3: Software Restriction Policy for Windows XP Client Computers
Software Restriction Policy Architecture
Software Restriction Policy Options
Software Restriction Policy Design and Deployment
Related Resources
The following resources provide additional information about security topics and in-depth discussion of the concepts and security prescriptions in this guide:
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