Book description
Over 40 practical recipes that will help you plan, build, implement, and enhance IT compliance policies using Microsoft Security Compliance Manager and Microsoft System Center 2012 R2
In Detail
Compliance programs are often run and managed by security and audit teams. These teams provide policies and guidance that require implementation by the IT team. This book shows you how Microsoft Security Compliance Manager and Microsoft System Center are an ideal combination to provide a bridge between IT and the business teams responsible for compliance policies.
Aimed at getting you familiar with the practical side of IT compliance, this book starts by showing you the planning steps required to design a small business compliance program. It then provides practical guidance for using Microsoft Security Compliance Manager and Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager. Moving on from the basics, the recipes demonstrate how you can enhance the capabilities of IT compliance programs and prepare for enterprise compliance using the Microsoft System Center product family.
What You Will Learn
- Design and implement your compliance program.
- Explore Microsoft Security Compliance Manager as a base entry solution for your compliance program. Export configuration items ready for use in System Center Configuration Manager.
- Use Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager to create, deploy, and manage the life cycle of compliance baselines.
- Use Microsoft System Center Operations Manager to monitor for compliance breaches.
- Design and run reports to understand your compliance status and security audit state.
- Deploy Microsoft System Center Service Manager to centralize and efficiently manage your compliance program.
Table of contents
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Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Compliance Management Cookbook
- Table of Contents
- Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Compliance Management Cookbook
- Credits
- About the Authors
- About the Reviewers
- www.PacktPub.com
- Preface
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1. Starting the Compliance Process for Small Businesses
- Introduction
- Planning the scope of a basic compliance program
- Understanding possible controls for compliance
- Evaluating the efforts of controls
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Bringing it all together into a basic compliance program
- Getting ready
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How to do it...
- Step 1 – understanding the terms of the authority document
- Step 2 – identifying objects and/or requirements based on key words
- Step 3 – identifying controls that fulfill this objective
- Step 4 – mapping controls to your business – defining the scope
- Step 5 – mapping controls to your business – defining the type of controls
- Step 6 – mapping controls to your business – defining the broader scope to simplify controls
- How it works...
- 2. Implementing the First Steps of Basic Compliance
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3. Enhancing the Basic Compliance Program Using Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager
- Introduction
- Configuring Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager for compliance
- Creating a baseline to monitor for unapproved software
- Creating a baseline to monitor for unapproved hardware and virtual systems
- Using Security Compliance Manager baselines in Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager
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4. Monitoring the Basic Compliance Program
- Introduction
- Planning a compliance program for Microsoft System Center 2012 Operations Manager
- Adding a compliance program monitor in Microsoft System Center 2012 Operations Manager
- Installing Microsoft System Center 2012 Operations Manager Audit Collection Services to support the compliance program
- Configuring a compliance program in Microsoft System Center 2012 Operations Manager Audit Collection Services
- 5. Starting an Enterprise Compliance Program
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6. Planning a Compliance Program in Microsoft System Center 2012
- Introduction
- Understanding the responsibilities of the System Center 2012 tools
- Planning the implementation of Microsoft System Center 2012 Service Manager
- Planning the connection of the System Center 2012 components
- Planning and defining the responsibilities for a compliance program
- Planning System Center Service Manager 2012 related settings and configuration
- Planning and defining compliance reports
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7. Configuring a Compliance Program in Microsoft System Center 2012 Service Manager
- Introduction
- Configuring connectors in System Center 2012 Service Manager to support a compliance program
- Adding Configuration Items manually in System Center 2012 Service Manager to support a compliance program
- Configuring compliance process Incident Classification Categories in System Center 2012 Service Manager
- Adding support groups in System Center 2012 Service Manager to support the compliance program
- Creating compliance program Incident templates in System Center 2012 Service Manager
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8. Automating Compliance Processes with Microsoft System Center 2012
- Introduction
- Planning the automation of the compliance management process
- Configuring compliance program notification in Microsoft System Center 2012 Service Manager
- Forwarding of compliance program-related alerts
- Forwarding compliance program-related Compliance Settings Management issues
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9. Reporting on Compliance with System Center 2012
- Introduction
- Planning compliance reporting in Microsoft System Center 2012
- Generating compliance program reports in Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager
- Generating compliance program reports in Microsoft System Center 2012 Operations Manager Audit Collection Service
- Generating compliance program reports in Microsoft System Center 2012 Service Manager
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A. Useful Websites and Community Resources
- Introduction
- Compliance and System Center Partner tools
- Authors' community blogs
- Useful System Center community blogs
- Useful Security/Compliance community blogs
- Frameworks, standards, and processes
- Official websites on compliance requirements
- Valuable community forums and user groups
- Microsoft TechNet Information
- Social network resources
- Index
Product information
- Title: Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Compliance Management Cookbook
- Author(s):
- Release date: October 2014
- Publisher(s): Packt Publishing
- ISBN: 9781782171706
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