Security Compliance Manager 3.0 Available for Download

The Security Compliance Manager (SCM) 3.0 is now available for download. This download provides centralized security baseline management features, a baseline portfolio, customization capabilities, and security baseline export flexibility to accelerate your organization’s ability to efficiently manage the security and compliance process for the most widely used Microsoft technologies.

In addition to key features from the previous version, SCM 3.0 offers new baselines for Internet Explorer 10, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2012. SCM 3.0 enables you to quickly configure and manage computers and your private cloud using Group Policy and Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager.

SCM 3.0 provides ready-to-deploy policies and DCM configuration packs based on Microsoft Security Guide recommendations and industry best practices, allowing you to easily manage configuration drift and address compliance requirements for Windows Server 2012, Windows 8, and Internet Explorer 10, as well as other Microsoft applications.

Download Security Compliance Manager 3.0
The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:
Download the SCM 3.0 from the Microsoft Download Center.

New baselines include:

• Windows Server 2012 Security Baselines.
• Windows 8 Security Baselines.
• Internet Explorer 10 Baselines.

Key features include:

• Support for Windows Server 2012, Windows 8, and Internet Explorer 10 product baselines: Secure your environment with new baselines for the latest software releases
• Gold master support: Import and take advantage of your existing Group Policy or create a snapshot of a reference machine to kick-start your project.
• Configure stand-alone machines: Deploy your configurations to non-domain joined computers using the new GPO Pack feature.
• Updated security guides: Take advantage of the deep security expertise and best practices in the updated security guides, and the attack surface reference workbooks to help reduce the security risks that you consider to be the most important.
• Comparisons against industry best practices: Analyze your configurations against prebuilt baselines for the latest Windows client and server operating systems.
• Enhanced setting library for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1: Further customize baselines and take advantage of an improved GPO Import feature affinity

For more details about Microsoft Security Compliance Manager 3.0 visit Security Compliance Manager (SCM) website.

System requirements

• Supported operating systems: Windows 7, Windows 8

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References:
Security Compliance Manager: Release Notes
Technet Blog