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About Microsoft Security Compliance Toolkit
The Microsoft Security Compliance Toolkit is a free download for enterprise security administrators. It lets them download, analyze, test, edit and store Microsoft-recommended security configuration baselines for Windows and other Microsoft products.
The tools can compare these baselines against other security configurations, such as an organization's existing Group Policy settings. It is aimed at people managing Windows fleets rather than individual users.
Strengths
- Official Microsoft-recommended security baselines
- Compares baselines against existing configurations
- Free download
Limitations
- Windows and Microsoft products only
- Aimed at enterprise administrators with Group Policy experience
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree download from Microsoft.
- License
- Proprietary
- Developer
- Microsoft
- Platforms
- Windows
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Best suited for
- Windows administrators applying and comparing Microsoft security baselines
- Categories
- Security tools, IT administration
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Selected from the TechWalrus Resource Hub (Enterprise & Workplace IT); facts checked against the developer's own pages, 2 sources on file.
Alternatives to Microsoft Security Compliance Toolkit
Compare allSoftware that can replace Microsoft Security Compliance Toolkit for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
CIS-CAT Lite
A free tool from the Center for Internet Security that checks systems against CIS Benchmarks.
CIS-CAT Lite checks systems against CIS Benchmarks instead of Microsoft baselines, runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, and requires a registration form to download.
OpenSCAP
Open source tools for scanning systems against SCAP security policies and hardening baselines.
OpenSCAP is open source and scans Linux systems against SCAP policies and hardening guides, rather than applying Microsoft baselines to Windows.
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