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Downloads of v 19.03.02:
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Last Update:
20 Jul 2021
Package Maintainer(s):
Software Author(s):
- Microsoft
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WinSecurityBaseline
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19.03.02 | Updated: 20 Jul 2021
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- Software Site
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Downloads:
82,338
Downloads of v 19.03.02:
81,155
Maintainer(s):
Software Author(s):
- Microsoft
WinSecurityBaseline 19.03.02
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This Package Contains an Exempted Check
Not All Tests Have Passed
Deployment Method: Individual Install, Upgrade, & Uninstall
To install WinSecurityBaseline, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
To upgrade WinSecurityBaseline, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
To uninstall WinSecurityBaseline, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
Deployment Method:
This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.
1. Enter Your Internal Repository Url
(this should look similar to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/)
2. Setup Your Environment
1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment
Please see the organizational deployment guide
2. Get the package into your environment
Option 1: Cached Package (Unreliable, Requires Internet - Same As Community)-
Open Source or Commercial:
- Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
- You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download
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Open Source
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Download the package:
Download - Follow manual internalization instructions
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Package Internalizer (C4B)
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Run: (additional options)
choco download winsecuritybaseline --internalize --source=https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/ -
For package and dependencies run:
choco push --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" - Automate package internalization
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Run: (additional options)
3. Copy Your Script
choco upgrade winsecuritybaseline -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" [other options]See options you can pass to upgrade.
See best practices for scripting.
Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.
If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:
choco upgrade winsecuritybaseline -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'"
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE
Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
Exit 0
}
Exit $exitCode
- name: Install winsecuritybaseline
win_chocolatey:
name: winsecuritybaseline
version: '19.03.02'
source: INTERNAL REPO URL
state: present
See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.
chocolatey_package 'winsecuritybaseline' do
action :install
source 'INTERNAL REPO URL'
version '19.03.02'
end
See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.
cChocoPackageInstaller winsecuritybaseline
{
Name = "winsecuritybaseline"
Version = "19.03.02"
Source = "INTERNAL REPO URL"
}
Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.
package { 'winsecuritybaseline':
ensure => '19.03.02',
provider => 'chocolatey',
source => 'INTERNAL REPO URL',
}
Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.
4. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation
See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.
There are versions of this package awaiting moderation . See the Version History section below.
This package was approved by moderator flcdrg on 24 Jul 2021.
Windows security baselines
Applies to
- Windows Server 2016+
- Windows 10
Package Specific
Package Parameters
The following package parameters can be set:
/OSType:workstation\server- Default values is server
Package Uninstallation
- Package LGPO settings cannot be uninsalled programticall once installed. This need to be done manually!
Using security baselines in your organization
Microsoft is dedicated to providing its customers with secure operating systems, such as Windows 10 and Windows Server, and secure apps, such as Microsoft Edge. In addition to the security assurance of its products, Microsoft also enables you to have fine control over your environments by providing various configuration capabilities.
Even though Windows and Windows Server are designed to be secure out-of-the-box, many organizations still want more granular control over their security configurations. To navigate the large number of controls, organizations need guidance on configuring various security features. Microsoft provides this guidance in the form of security baselines.
We recommend that you implement an industry-standard configuration that is broadly known and well-tested, such as Microsoft security baselines, as opposed to creating a baseline yourself. This helps increase flexibility and reduce costs.
Here is a good blog about Sticking with Well-Known and Proven Solutions.
What are security baselines?
Every organization faces security threats. However, the types of security threats that are of most concern to one organization can be completely different from another organization. For example, an e-commerce company may focus on protecting its Internet-facing web apps, while a hospital may focus on protecting confidential patient information. The one thing that all organizations have in common is a need to keep their apps and devices secure. These devices must be compliant with the security standards (or security baselines) defined by the organization.
A security baseline is a group of Microsoft-recommended configuration settings that explains their security impact. These settings are based on feedback from Microsoft security engineering teams, product groups, partners, and customers.
Why are security baselines needed?
Security baselines are an essential benefit to customers because they bring together expert knowledge from Microsoft, partners, and customers.
For example, there are over 3,000 Group Policy settings for Windows 10, which does not include over 1,800 Internet Explorer 11 settings. Of these 4,800 settings, only some are security-related. Although Microsoft provides extensive guidance on different security features, exploring each one can take a long time. You would have to determine the security impact of each setting on your own. Then, you would still need to determine the appropriate value for each setting.
In modern organizations, the security threat landscape is constantly evolving, and IT pros and policy-makers must keep up with security threats and make required changes to Windows security settings to help mitigate these threats. To enable faster deployments and make managing Windows easier, Microsoft provides customers with security baselines that are available in consumable formats, such as Group Policy Objects backups.
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'; # stop on all errors
$packageArgs = @{
packageName = $env:ChocolateyPackageName
ZipFileName = 'Windows 10 Version 1903 and Windows Server Version 1903 Security Baseline - Sept2019Update.zip'
}
Uninstall-ChocolateyZipPackage @packageArgs
Log in or click on link to see number of positives.
- Windows 10 Version 1903 and Windows Server Version 1903 Security Baseline - Sept2019Update.zip (f51fc91a6e5c) - ## / 57
- WinSecurityBaseline.19.03.02.nupkg (5bb3ec8c7cf5) - ## / 61
- LGPO.zip (cb7159d134a0) - ## / 69
In cases where actual malware is found, the packages are subject to removal. Software sometimes has false positives. Moderators do not necessarily validate the safety of the underlying software, only that a package retrieves software from the official distribution point and/or validate embedded software against official distribution point (where distribution rights allow redistribution).
Chocolatey Pro provides runtime protection from possible malware.
| Add to Builder | Version | Downloads | Last Updated | Status |
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| WinSecurityBaseline 20.1803.0 | 9 | Monday, November 4, 2024 | Ready | |
| WinSecurityBaseline 19.03.02 | 81155 | Tuesday, July 20, 2021 | Approved | |
| WinSecurityBaseline (Install) 19.03.01 | 1147 | Friday, November 29, 2019 | Approved |
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