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Deploying Security Policy

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Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

Administrators who deploy enterprise networks must design and implement many aspects of security. As part of your security strategy to manage servers and workstations, you can deploy Group Policy with the Active Directory® directory service to specify options for Internet Protocol security (IPSec), security settings, software restrictions policies, and wireless network policies.

In This Chapter

Overview of Security Policy Deployment

Designing Security Policy

Configuring Security Policy

Additional Resources for Deploying Security Policy

  • For more information about security in the Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003 operating systems, see the security chapters in Designing and Deploying Directory and Security Services of this kit.

  • For more information about Internet Authentication Service (IAS) and wireless networks, see "Deploying IAS" and "Deploying a Wireless LAN" in Deploying Network Services of this kit*.*

  • For more information about IPSec, see "Deploying IPSec" in Deploying Network Services Networking Collection of the Windows Server 2003 Technical Reference (or see the Networking Collection on the Web at https://www.microsoft.com/reskit).