Security Round up

2007 Microsoft Office Security Guide: Threats and Countermeasures

This guide is a comprehensive technical reference that explains the security and privacy settings for the six referenced applications, their recommended configurations, and which threats they address. It also contains Common Configuration Enumeration (CCE) IDs for all the settings. CCE provides identifiers to system configurations to facilitate fast and accurate correlation of configuration data across multiple information sources and tools.

Deploying Group Policy Using Windows Vista

Sort through the new and updated features available in Windows Vista, and learn about best practices to help you deploy Group Policy to centrally manage a greater number of features and component behaviors than you were able to do in Windows Server 2003.

The Cable Guy: Wireless Group Policy Settings for Windows Vista

Learn how to centrally configure and distribute wireless network settings to all the computers in your Active Directory network.

Framework-Based Regulatory Compliance

Explore a framework-based approach to address regulations and standards related to IT controls and privacy with this chapter from the Regulatory Compliance Planning Guide.

Enable Enhanced Identity Privacy

Enhanced identity privacy is an optional setting that you can configure on a resource partner in the account Federation Service in an Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) deployment. Learn how to enable this setting.

Data Encryption Toolkit for Mobile PCs

Learn how to better secure the data on your organization’s mobile PCs--in a cost-effective way--using Encrypting File System (EFS) and Microsoft BitLocker Drive Encryption technologies.