Re: Windows 10 Security Profile

["Barton, Robert W." <bartonrt () LEWISU EDU>]

Is this across the board for all machines, or just desktops (etc.)?  IMO, for a desktop, turning these off is perfectly 
fine.  When you start to talk about a laptops, phones, or Surfaces, you get into a different group, and I would 
consider different standards.

Some additional questions -
Have you considered exemptions (and how to...) from this standard?
Can you enforce this standard; keep people from enabling various settings?
Have you communicated why this is being done?  Included "them" in on the process?
If left enabled, can you segment the traffic (secure vs. insecure)?

Robert W. Barton
Director of Information Security
Lewis University
One University Parkway
Romeoville, IL  60446-2200
815-836-5663

From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Homer 
Manila
Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2016 5:14 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] Windows 10 Security Profile

All,

We are in the middle of designing a Windows 10 image for the first time and are considering turning the following 
privacy-related settings/features off:

  *   Wifi Sense
  *   Advertising ID
  *   SmartScreen Filter
  *   Location information (or "Let websites provide locally relevant content")
  *   Speech, Inking and Typing
  *   Send MS info about how I write
  *   Feedback and Diagnostics (or at least set Diagnostic and usage data to Basic)

Are other institutions turning off any other privacy settings than these, or think any of these settings are overblown 
as a privacy issue?  We expect Cortana to be a big draw in Windows 10 for our users and are hesitant in turning off any 
feature that would make it less useful (location settings, or any of the Getting To Know me settings).  Additionally, 
SmartScreen Filter seems it could be a nice security feature to have in the Apps store and Edge.

http://lifehacker.com/what-windows-10s-privacy-nightmare-settings-actually-1722267229
http://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-secure-windows-10-the-paranoids-guide/

Thanks for any feedback!

--Homer Manila, CISSP, GCWN
Information Security Engineer
American University
Office of Information Technology
202-885-2209

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