Question

A new administrator needs some help creating a security baseline. Create a checklist/template that covers the basic steps in creating a security baseline to assist them, and explain why each step is important.

Answer 1

Below are the checklist for creating security baseline:

1. Ensure the site is configured for Desired Configuration Management

To configure a configuarion manager site for desired configuration management. follow below two taks

a. Enable client agent

b. Configure defalut compliance evaluation schedule

2. Download the Configuration Pack, and import it.

Configuration items are used when defining configuration baselines.

In addition to creating configuration items, you can import configuration items.

3. Create a configuration baseline and add the imported configuration items with the configuration baseline rules you require.

Create a new configuration baseline in desired configuration management.

4. Assign the new configuration baseline to a collection, and configure the compliance evaluation schedule.

Here it will exaplain how to assign configuration baselines and how to set configuration baseline assignment compliance evaluation schedule in desired

configuration management.

5. View compliance results:

Here it will show how to view compliance results.