[windows2000] FW: [Citrix South Technical] New Windows 2000 Professional Security Benchmarks
- From: "Jim Kenzig http://thethin.net" <jimkenz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 18:16:03 -0400
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Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 5:13 PM
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Subject: [Citrix South Technical] New Windows 2000 Professional Security
Benchmarks
New Windows 2000 Professional Security Benchmarks
http://www.secadministrator.com/articles/index.cfm?articleid=25949
On July 17, the Center for Internet Security (CIS) released new
security benchmarking tools for Windows 2000 Professional. The new
benchmarking set consists of a scoring tool along with security
templates that you can use to analyze and adjust system security
settings. According to CIS, "The scoring tools provide a quick and
easy way to evaluate systems and networks, comparing their security
configurations against the CIS benchmarks. They automatically create
reports that guide users and system administrators to secure both new
installations and production systems. The tool is also effective for
monitoring systems to assure that security settings continuously
conform with CIS Benchmark configurations."
CIS also provides benchmarking tools for Windows NT, Cisco hardware,
Solaris, Linux, and HP-UX. CIS offers the free benchmarking tools to
help people better secure these platforms because they're some of the
most common points of attack.
CIS said the reason for the existence of the center and its
benchmarks is that "a key element currently missing in Internet
security is useful and widely accepted, non-proprietary security-
enhancing benchmarks specifying in greater detail how systems should
be configured and operated." The center operates independently of
vendor interests so it can provide impartial, objective guidance. The
free benchmarking tools are available for download on the CIS Web
site.
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