The Center for Internet Security mission is to help organizations around the world effectively manage the risks related to information security. CIS provides methods and tools to improve, measure, monitor, and compare the security status of your Internet-connected systems and appliances, plus those of your business partners. CIS is not tied to any proprietary product or service. It manages a consensus process whereby members identify security threats of greatest concern, then participate in development of practical methods to reduce the threats. This consensus process is already in use and has proved viable in creating Internet security benchmarks available for widespread adoption.
On Tuesday March 23, 2004; the Center for Internet Security released an updated Windows Security Scoring Tool along with the Windows XP Benchmark for Secure Configuration. The XP scoring capability has four levels that correspond with Microsoft's security levels. You can test your system to see how safely configured it is, get a numerical score, and then see what needs to be done to raise the score. This will be added to Security Resources 2004 Internet MiniGuide.
posted by Marcus Zillman |
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