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Server hardening by applying security template. Server 2012 and 2008
Hi,
I am new to server hardening.
My boss ask me to harden a server
I heard from my boss that I need to download microsoft security template and import that template into the server.
Where can I download this template? He mention you just go to MMC and add this template into the policy. There is setting like minimum security etc. And you can compare the settings
I will be doing server hardening. I need to implement the most secure server hardening. How do you guys do it? I have the document from Center for internet security to implement the hardening. It shows all the steps but there are like a few hundred settings to change. Is there any efficient way of implementing a hardening.
I searched on the internet and there is the security configuration and Windows Server 2012 Security Baseline but I do not find the security templates to download.
For windows server 2008 and 2012.
Please give me your advise.
Appreciate your reply and thanks a lot.
I am new to server hardening.
My boss ask me to harden a server
I heard from my boss that I need to download microsoft security template and import that template into the server.
Where can I download this template? He mention you just go to MMC and add this template into the policy. There is setting like minimum security etc. And you can compare the settings
I will be doing server hardening. I need to implement the most secure server hardening. How do you guys do it? I have the document from Center for internet security to implement the hardening. It shows all the steps but there are like a few hundred settings to change. Is there any efficient way of implementing a hardening.
I searched on the internet and there is the security configuration and Windows Server 2012 Security Baseline but I do not find the security templates to download.
For windows server 2008 and 2012.
Please give me your advise.
Appreciate your reply and thanks a lot.
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Ah found this
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831360.aspx
Microsoft Security Assessment Tool
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer
Microsoft Security Compliance Manager
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831360.aspx
Microsoft Security Assessment Tool
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer
Microsoft Security Compliance Manager
SCM has the support for Win2012 R2 and Win8.1 as stated below
http://blogs.technet.com/b/secguide/archive/2014/04/07/security-baselines-for-windows-8-1-windows-server-2012-r2-and-internet-explorer-11.aspx
You can find a docx in below and the useful for this doc is it states the changes to settings Inherited from existing baselines
http://blogs.technet.com/b/secguide/archive/2014/08/16/recommended-security-baseline-settings-for-windows-8-1-windows-server-2012-r2-and-internet-explorer-11.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/b/secguide/archive/2014/04/07/security-baselines-for-windows-8-1-windows-server-2012-r2-and-internet-explorer-11.aspx
You can find a docx in below and the useful for this doc is it states the changes to settings Inherited from existing baselines
http://blogs.technet.com/b/secguide/archive/2014/08/16/recommended-security-baseline-settings-for-windows-8-1-windows-server-2012-r2-and-internet-explorer-11.aspx
Any ideas?