Introduction to Microsoft Security Compliance Manager

Introduction to Microsoft Security Compliance Manager

                                              

The Microsoft Security Compliance Manager provides centralized security database management capabilities, a core portfolio, customization capabilities, and basic export security flexibility to accelerate your organization's ability to effectively manage Security and compliance processes of the most widely used Microsoft technologies.

Key features and benefits

Centralized management and core portfolio: The Centralized Management Console of the Security Compliance Manager provides a unified and comprehensive user experience for planning, customizing and exporting security baselines. This tool gives you access to a complete set of recommended references for Windows® client and server operating systems and for Microsoft applications. The Security Compliance Manager also allows you to quickly update the latest reference versions of Microsoft and take advantage of the basic version control.

Basic security customization: Customizing, comparing, merging and revising your baselines has become easier. Now you can use the new Security Compliance Manager customization features to duplicate all recommended Microsoft baselines - for Windows client and server operating systems and Microsoft applications - and quickly change the security settings to meet Your company's environmental standards.

 Multiple export capabilities: Export baselines in formats such as XLS, Group Policy Objects, DCM, or Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) to automate deployment and monitor Compliance.

• Security basics for Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Hyper-V, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, BitLocker drive encryption, Windows Internet Explorer 8, Microsoft Office 2010 and Microsoft Office 2007 SP2

Parameter Packs for Windows 7, Internet Explorer 8

Required configuration

Supported operating systems: Windows 7, Windows Vista Service Pack 2

 This toolbox is designed to work with System Center Configuration Manager 2007 and the desired configuration management (DCM) functionality.

 The Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel and PowerPoint file formats (available as a free download) can be used to open, edit, and save documents, workbooks, and presentations in new 2007 Microsoft Office file formats .

 Microsoft Word or Microsoft Word Viewer (available as a free download) can be used to display Word documents.

The Security Compliance Manager Getting Started Guide is available on the official Microsoft website. Download this guide to quickly configure and customize the Security Compliance Manager (SCM) tool. The guide also includes brief instructions on using the SCM tool to deploy and monitor the security baselines for the latest Microsoft server and client operating systems.