Re: Tool to check how good a windows server was hardened

[Todd Haverkos <infosec () haverkos com>]

Juan B <juanbabi () yahoo com> writes:

>  Hi all,
>
> I am searching for a tool like MBSA from microfost which will run locally or 
> remotely and check how good a server was harden an maybe compre its security 
> status against market best practics, any suggestions?
>
> thanks !

Configuration, Policy and compliance checking...  There are a lot of
goodies professing to do these things out there.  Which is best for
you depends on your audit drivers, what baseline/best practice you're
aiming for, and your existing systems management software base.

Commercial offerings in this space that I'm aware of include:

http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/en/us/configuration-manager/cm-desired-configuration-management.aspx
http://support.bigfix.com/bes/sites/clientcompliance.html
http://landesk.com/Products/Security-Suite/Index.aspx
http://www.mcafee.com/us/products/configuration-control.aspx
http://www.symantec.com/business/security-expressions
http://www.shavlik.com/shavlik-security-suite.aspx

While you can scrape similar configuration information out of hosts
with credentialed scans using network vulnerability scanners (Nessus,
Nexpose, and the like), what those lack are the configuration policy
templates/baselines that might be baked in to these more
compliance-centric products.

Best Regards, 
--
Todd Haverkos, LPT MsCompE
http://haverkos.com/

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