Checklist - Securing Your Exchange Environment
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 | How to Use This Checklist |
| General Security issues |
| Administrative Group Permissions |
How to Use This Checklist
This checklist is a companion to the module, "Securing Your Exchange Environment." Use it to help you to secure your Microsoft Exchange 2000 servers, or as a quick reference for the corresponding module. This checklist should develop as you discover steps that help you to implement your secure Exchange organization.
General Security issues
| Check | Description |
All unnecessary services disabled. | |
Schema Admin group membership kept to minimum or empty. | |
Exchange full administrators kept to minimum. | |
Latest service packs and patched applied. | |
Client access secured. | |
Address spoofing protection enabled. | |
Anti-virus measures installed. | |
Anti-spam protection enabled in Microsoft Outlook messaging and collaboration client and Exchange. | |
Denial-of-service attack prevention measures configured. |
Administrative Group Permissions
| Check | Description |
Administrative Group model designed to suit your company. | |
Minimum Administrative role delegated for each task. | |
System Policies used to configure mailbox and public folder stores. |