Windows Server 2003 Security Guide Released

From: Sandeep Sinha (s_sinha_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 05/08/03 

Date: 7 May 2003 23:16:46 -0700

Windows Server 2003 Security Guide Released

Microsoft announces the release of the Windows Server 2003 Security
Guide and its companion guide, Threats and Countermeasures: Security
Settings in Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP. The new guides provide
customers with detailed security guidance on Microsoft Windows Server
2003™ that is authoritative, proven, and tested. The guides are
designed to empower users to assess and mitigate a wide range of
significant security issues that may exist in their environment.

The Windows Server 2003 Security Guide provides easy to understand
guidance, tools, and templates to effectively secure Windows Server
2003 in a variety of enterprise environments. While the default
installation of the product is extremely secure, a number of security
settings can be further configured based on specific requirements.

The Windows Server 2003 Security Guide consists of 12 chapters. Each
chapter builds on the end – to – end process required to implement and
secure Windows Server 2003 in a customer environment. The first few
chapters describe building the foundation for hardening the servers in
your organization; the remaining chapters document the procedures
unique to each server role.

The companion guide, Threats and Countermeasures: Security Settings in
Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP, provides a reference to many of
the security settings available in the current versions of the
Microsoft® Windows® operating systems.

For each setting discussed in this guide, information is provided
regarding the threat that the setting was designed to prevent, the
different countermeasures that can be applied, and the potential
impact of configuring these options.

The guides address the requirements to secure three distinct
environments, offering prescribed server setting configurations that
take into account client dependencies. The three environments
discussed in the guides are called Legacy Client, Enterprise Client,
and High Security.

This guide can be downloaded for free of cost from
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/security/default.mspx

Thanks
Sandeep Sinha

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