Microsoft Security Compliance Manager & Windows 7 Security Baseline

Microsoft’s Security Compliance Manager helps IT pros design, manage and monitor baseline security in Windows.

The Microsoft Security Compliance Manager is the next evolution of the Microsoft Security Compliance Management Toolkit (SCMT) Series.

The Windows 7 Security Baseline is part of the Microsoft Security Compliance Manager tool, which is the next evolution of the Microsoft Security Compliance Management Toolkit (SCMT) Series and is designed to provide you with an end-to-end solution to help you plan, deploy, and monitor the security baselines of computers running Windows 7 and BitLocker Drive Encryption in your environment.

The Microsoft Security Compliance Manager provides centralized security baseline management features, a baseline portfolio, customization capabilities, and security baseline export flexibility to accelerate your organization’s ability to efficiently manage the security and compliance process for the most widely used Microsoft technologies.

The Windows 7 Security Baseline end-to-end Solution Accelerator is designed to help you plan, deploy, operate, and manage your security baselines for Windows client and server operating systems, and Microsoft applications. Access the complete database of Microsoft recommended security settings, customize your baselines, and then choose from multiple formats—including Desired Configuration Management (DCM) packs, Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP), XLS, or Group Policy objects (GPOs)—to export the baselines to your environment and automate the security baseline compliance verification process.

You can use the Security Compliance Manager and import the Windows 7 Security Baseline to achieve a secure, reliable, and centralized IT environment that will help you better balance your organization’s needs for security and functionality.