Professional Guide for Securing Microsoft Windows XP

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Found this guide to secure xp for professionals,from the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

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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. *more …*

**Why did NIST develop this publication? **

It is a complicated and time-consuming task for even experienced system administrators to know what a reasonable set of security settings are for a complex operating system such as Windows XP Professional. NIST sought to make this task simpler, easier, and more secure by developing this publication. NIST maintains, along with major segments of the security community who participated in reviewing and testing the publication’s baseline settings, that the settings make a substantial improvement in the security posture of WinXP systems. . *more …*

Download the **Draft Guidance for Securing Microsoft Windows XP Systems for IT Professionals document and security templates, version R1.0.2. **

Download [www.conxion.com/winxp/download.htm]](http://nsa2.from the National Security Agency
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