Microsoft Security Guidance: Security Baseline Thread

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  1. WildByDesign

    WildByDesign Registered Member

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    Previously I had done several separate threads to announce these MSG Security Baseline releases but figured now it would be best to combine in a single thread.

    Security baseline (DRAFT) for Windows 10 v1809 and Windows Server 2019
    Link: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com...for-windows-10-v1809-and-windows-server-2019/
    October 1, 2018


    I will tidy thread later and link to previous baseline releases later.
     
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  2. WildByDesign

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    Security baseline (FINAL) for Windows 10 v1809 and Windows Server 2019
    November 20, 2018

    Link: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com...for-windows-10-v1809-and-windows-server-2019/

    There are quite a few changes, so check out the blog link above if this is of any interest to you. Personally, I just make use of the Group Policy templates for the most part but also I use the spreadsheets to follow some other security details which I follow those few things manually.
     
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    Is it a good idea for home users to use security baselines, and if so, which ones are the most relevant?
     
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    That's a great question that I had never really thought of before. No, I don't think that these baseline security policies would be that relevant or worthwhile for home users and adds likely too much complexity for home user systems.

    The only part that I use is the group policy templates by copying the .adml and .admx files from the extracted Templates directory to C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions and the relevant language (en-US, etc.) sub directory. Those have a few interesting settings that I still make use of via group policy.
     
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    Security baseline (FINAL) for Windows 10 v1903 and Windows Server v1903
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    Security baseline (FINAL) for Windows 10 v1909 and Windows Server v1909
     
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