Published: October 28, 2009 | Updated: January 4, 2010
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The Windows 7 Security Compliance Management Toolkit provides an end-to-end solution to help you plan, deploy, and monitor the security baselines of computers running Windows® 7 and BitLocker™ Drive Encryption in your environment.
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This Solution Accelerator includes the Windows 7 Security Guide and GPOAccelerator tool to provide you with prescriptive information and automated tools to establish and deploy your security baselines. This toolkit also provides you with DCM Configuration Packs to use with the desired configuration management (DCM) feature in Microsoft® System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2. Use this functionality to help you monitor the implementation of your security baselines for Windows 7 and BitLocker.
The Windows 7 Security Compliance Management Toolkit is part of the Security Compliance Management Toolkit Series.
The Windows 7 Security Guide offers a choice of preconfigured security baselines for the following two different environments:
- Enterprise Client. This security baseline is best for most organizations in which functionality is evenly balanced with security.
- Specialized Security – Limited Functionality. This security baseline is best for organizations in which concern for security is so great that a significant loss of functionality is acceptable. For example, military and security agency organizations operate in this type of environment.
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 7 Security Guide includes the following content:
Overview
Executive Summary
Who Should Read This Guide
Chapter Summaries
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Implementing the Security Baseline
Enterprise Client Environment
Specialized Security – Limited Functionality Environment
Security Design
Domain Policy Settings
Computer Policy Settings
More Information
Chapter 2: Defend Against Malware
Windows 7 Defense Technologies
More Information
Chapter 3: Protect Sensitive Data
Optimize Cryptographic Randomization
BitLocker Drive Encryption
Encrypting File System
Rights Management Services
Device Management and Installation
More Information
Chapter 4: Application Compatibility with Windows 7
Application Compatibility Testing
Known Application Compatibility Issues
Tools and Resources
More Information
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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