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The Solution Accelerators—Security and Compliance team provides guidance and tools to manage compliance infrastructure and to institute sound principles of IT service governance.

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IT Compliance Management Guide
IT Compliance Management Guide
This Solution Accelerator can help you shift your governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) efforts from people to technology. Use its configuration guidance to help efficiently address your organization's GRC objectives.
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Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF) 4.0
Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF) 4.0
MOF 4.0 delivers practical guidance for everyday IT practices and activities, helping users establish and implement reliable, cost-effective IT services for governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) activities.
Security Compliance Management Toolkit
Security Compliance Management Toolkit
This toolkit provides proven methods that your organization can use to effectively monitor the compliance state of recommended security baselines for Windows Vista, Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), and Windows Server 2003 SP2.
Security Risk Management Guide
Security Risk Management Guide
The Security Risk Management Guide helps customers plan, build, and maintain a successful security risk management program.
SQL Server 2008 Compliance Guidance
SQL Server 2008 Compliance Guidance
The SQL Server 2008 Compliance Guidance white paper is a complement to the SQL Server 2008 compliance software development kit (SDK).
Microsoft Security Assessment Tool
Microsoft Security Assessment Tool
The Microsoft Security Assessment Tool (MSAT) consists of more than 200 questions designed to help identify and address security risks in IT environments. It includes best practices, standards such as ISO 17799, 27001 and NIST-800.x, as well as recommendations from the Microsoft Trustworthy Computing Group.

What’s New

Compliance and Risk Process Management Pack and IT Compliance Management Library for Service Manager Beta Now Available for Download
The Solution Accelerators and System Center teams are pleased to announce the Beta availability of the Compliance and Risk Process Management Pack and the IT Compliance Management Library for Microsoft® System Center Service Manager. Download, eval... more
IT Compliance Management Series Beta Review Program is Now Open—Download the Beta Materials Today!
Reduce the cost and complexity of addressing IT governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) objectives with the IT Compliance Management Series. The series includes guides and resources designed to help IT workers, managers, and Microsoft partners configu... more
Upcoming Webcast Focuses on Utilizing a Technical Framework for Data Governance: Register Now!
Organizations struggle daily with the tradeoffs resulting from the need to maximize benefits derived from IT, while preserving the confidentiality of customer and company data. Using a technical framework for data governance can help you deal with pr... more

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