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Federal Desktop Core Configuration Statement of Direction

FDCC stands for Federal Desktop Core Configuration. The FDCC specifies mandatory configuration requirements for the Microsoft Windows XP Pro and Windows Vista operating systems when used on US Government desktop systems. It also specifies mandatory configuration requirements for Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 when used on these operating systems. This paper...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Procurement, FDCC, OMB, Purchasing & Procurement, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Business Operations, Software, Hardware

White papers 2008-10-01

Microsoft FDCC Webcast Series: Do It Right: Log in as Normal User

FDCC requires that the typical user run as Normal User whenever possible; without this, a managed environment is practically impossible. For organizations that have given Local Administrator rights to their users all along, this is a serious change in policy, and one that often alarms Users, Developers, and even Administrators....

Tags: Webcast, Microsoft Corp., FDCC

Webcasts 2008-01-30

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Achieving Federal Desktop Core Configuration Compliance (FDCC) with Lumension® Solutions

The Federal Desktop Core Configuration FDCC is an Office of Management and Budget OMB mandated security configuration set applicable within United States Federal Government agencies. Private enterprises may also choose to utilize this established framework as a foundation for their own security configuration baselines. All federal agencies that utilize or...

Tags: Desktop, Compliance, Lumension Security Inc., Security Configuration, Federal Desktop Core Configuration

White papers 2009-06-01

Federal Desktop Core Configuration Compliance

It is essential to understand that the FDCC is a detailed extension of a subset of the general security requirements previously imposed by Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 FISMA. In fact, FDCC presupposes that an implementing agency has already complied with the more general and fundamental network security...

Tags: Desktop, Compliance, FISMA, Shavlik Technologies, NIST, Network Security, Networking, Security

White papers 2009-01-01

Federal Server Core Configuration (FSCC): A High-Level Overview of the Value and Benefits of Deploying a Single, Standard, Enterprise-Wide Managed Server Environment

The concept of enhancing server and network security, while also reducing the total cost of ownership, first took shape on a large enterprise scale in the U.S. Air Force USAF. It began as a follow-on project to the USAF's pioneering work on desktop standardization that grew into Federal Desktop Core...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Benefit, Configuration, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Roi/Tco, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Hardware

White papers 2009-01-01

Automating Security & FDCC Compliance Auditing

This webcast will provide a comprehensive overview and demonstration of nCircle's Configuration Compliance Manager. The attendee will learn how nCircle with SCAP-validated solutions can help to comply with policy and leverage the same technology to improve overall network security.

Tags: nCircle Network Security, Security, Network Security, Networking

Webcasts 2009-01-01

Driving Down Security and Compliance Costs: Learning From the Federal Government

Utilizing a core standard for desktop and server systems is an approach that can yield significant savings in deployment and maintenance time. The Federal Desktop Core Configuration FDCC standard may provide some of the most significant, and well-document savings associated with this approach. This paper will examine the FDCC standard,...

Tags: Security, NetIQ Corp., Standard, Compliance, Government, Federal Government, Servers, Hardware

White papers 2008-11-19

Microsoft FDCC Webcast Series: The Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) - Best Practices to Build an FDCC Standard Image

This webcast provides an overview of the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit MDT, which is the next version of the Business Desktop Deployment BDD 2007) Solution Accelerator. It covers how to use MDT to build a Windows XP, Vista or Windows Server 2003 image, best practices for installing applications, and techniques that...

Tags: Webcast, Microsoft Corp., Best Practice, Image, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Webcasts 2008-03-02

Microsoft FDCC Webcast Series: The Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) - Best Practices to Build an FDCC Standard Image

This webcast will provide an overview of the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit MDT, which is the next version of the Business Desktop Deployment BDD 2007 Solution Accelerator. It will cover how to use MDT to build a Windows XP, Vista or Windows Server 2003 image, best practices for installing applications, and...

Tags: Webcast, Microsoft Corp., Best Practice, Image, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Operating Systems, Software

Webcasts 2008-03-02

Simplify, Automate, and Accelerate FDCC Implementations

The change from traditional vulnerability assessment to common security standards is a significant shift in focus by the thought leaders in security management in both the commercial and federal sectors. As part of this increasing focus on the value of implementing common, unified configuration standards, security professionals have expressed the...

Tags: NetIQ Corp., Security

White papers 2008-03-01

Microsoft FDCC Webcast Series: FIPS Challenges

FIPS 140-1 and FIPS 140-2 is required by law, and FDCC consequently enables this policy. However, turning this setting on causes certain issues, especially with HTTPS web sites and certain applications that encrypt and do not meet FIPS requirements. There is a lot of confusion around this, with FIPS being...

Tags: Web, Webcast, Microsoft Corp., Web Site, FIPS, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing

Webcasts 2008-01-17

The Federal Desktop Core Configuration (FDCC)

This white paper reviews the ongoing OMB and NIST Federal Desktop Core Configuration FDCC program at an executive level. It provides information on how the program originated, its current status and source data for additional information. The concept of enhancing PC and network security while also reducing the total cost...

Tags: Air Force, Microsoft Corp., Roi/Tco, Desktops, Network Security, Networking, Security, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Hardware

White papers 2008-01-01

Microsoft FDCC Webcast Series: Utility to Apply FDCC Settings to Local Group Policy

This webcast demonstrates and discusses the new utility that applies FDCC GPO settings to the Local Group Policy of a target computer.

Tags: Group Policy, Webcast, Utility, Microsoft Corp.

Webcasts 2007-12-19

Microsoft FDCC Webcast Series: FDCC - Top 10 Questions

This webcast discusses Top Ten List of questions customers have asked Microsoft with respect to the FDCC initiative.

Tags: Webcast, Microsoft Corp.

Webcasts 2007-12-10

Microsoft FDCC Webcast Series: Best Practices for a Standard FDCC Image Build

This webcast will review the FDCC Toolkit for Business Desktop Deployment BDD, demonstrations of how to rapidly build and maintain FDCC images, achieving a single image for each operating system XP and Vista, and it will review best resources and places to ask build questions.

Tags: Webcast, Microsoft Corp., Best Practice, Image

Webcasts 2007-11-13

Microsoft FDCC Webcast Series: Scanning Your Standard Image and Systems for FDCC SCAP Compliance

The attendee of this webcast will learn the basics on how to download a free scanning tool and scan image. It will also provide demonstrations by SCAP compliant security scanning software manufacturers on Enterprise scanning solutions.

Tags: Webcast, Microsoft Corp.

Webcasts 2007-11-05