Microsoft® Windows® Security Resource Kit, Second Edition

Chapter 29. Using Security Assessment Tools

In this chapter:
Defining Baseline Security	622
Assessing Security Configuration	626
Performing Security Assessments	630
Best Practices	646
Additional Information	647

Once you have implemented a security baseline configuration on your computers that run Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, and Windows XP, you should periodically review the security configuration by using security assessment tools. These tools enable an administrator to perform three separate yet related tasks:

• Define security baselines by role Security tools can define the required security configuration for a specific server role. For computers running Windows 2000 and Windows XP, you can define the required baseline security settings ...