Guidance for securing Microsoft Windows XP for IT Professionals : a NIST security configuration checklist : recommendations of the National Institute of Standards and Technology / Murugia Souppaya, Karen Kent, Paul M. Johnson.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Souppaya, Murugia, author.

Contributor:

Johnson, Paul M.

Kent, Karen.

Souppaya, Murugia.

National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.). Computer Security Division.

Series:

NIST special publication ; 800-68.

NIST special publication ; 800-68

Language:

English

Genre:

Technical reports.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Gaithersburg, MD : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 2005.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

NIST Special Publication 800-68 has been created to assist IT professionals, in particularly Windows XP system administrators and information security personnel, in effectively securing Windows XP systems. It discusses Windows XP and various application security settings in technical detail. The guide provides insight into the threats and security controls that are relevant for various operational environments, such as for a large enterprise or a home office. It describes the need to document, implement, and test security controls, as well as to monitor and maintain systems on an ongoing basis. It presents an overview of the security components offered by Windows XP and provides guidance on installing, backing up, and patching Windows XP systems. It discusses security policy configuration, provides an overview of the settings in the accompanying NIST security templates, and discusses how to apply additional security settings that are not included in the NIST security templates. It demonstrates securing popular office productivity applications, Web browsers, e-mail clients, personal firewalls, antivirus software, and spyware detection and removal utilities on Windows XP systems to provide protection against viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other types of malicious code. This list is not intended to be a complete list of applications to install on Windows XP system, nor does it imply NIST's endorsement of particular commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products.

Notes:

2005.

Contributed record: Metadata reviewed, not verified. Some fields updated by batch processes.

Superseded by NIST Special Publication 800-68r1.

Title from PDF title page.

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

927737424

Publisher Number:

GOVPUB-C13-40b5ba9295767c3df3e42ddd75dd7f9f

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access