Re: Improving the Security of Windows Platforms

[Randy Marchany <marchany () VT EDU>]

I might suggest that the Task Force review the Minimum Security Benchmarks
created by the Center for Internet Security (www.cisecurity.org). There are
benchmarks and scanning tools for Windows XP/2000/NT, Solaris, Linux, HPUX,
Cisco and Oracle. They are free for anyone to use.

It is a consensus of NIST, NSA, commercial companies (1st Union, Bank of
America, Shell), Edus (Va Tech, Stanford) and .gov (DOD, DOJ, AF, etc.). I
think we need to make sure this Task Force draft doesn't conflict with the CIS
benchmarks.

        -r.

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