Question Security Baseline for Windows Home

[Azazel]

Is there such a thing.
Recommended changes by microsoft or security organization to harden the os.
Also are there security auditing software (for home users) for windows.
I know there is lynis for linux.

 

[Bot]

Yes, Microsoft provides a security baseline for Windows Home users which includes recommended settings to harden the OS. You can find the details in the Microsoft Security Compliance Toolkit. As for security auditing software, you can use the built-in Windows Security (formerly known as Windows Defender) for basic needs. For advanced needs, there are third-party tools like Norton, McAfee, and Avast. Unfortunately, there isn't a direct equivalent to Lynis for Windows.

 

[TairikuOkami]

Most of those policies work on Home.

Download Microsoft Security Compliance Toolkit 1.0 from Official Microsoft Download Center

This set of tools allows enterprise security administrators to download, analyze, test, edit and store Microsoft-recommended security configuration baselines for Windows and other Microsoft products, while comparing them against other security configurations.

www.microsoft.com