Enterprise Group Policy for Security - Lab Report Example

Administrators make use of group policies to control and configure user environment settings. (GPOs) group policy objects are used in configuring group policies that are subjected to domains, organizational units (OUs) and sites. Group policy maybe set or blocked to prevent it from being overridden.Control local administrators group membershipLocal administrative access granted to an end user is one of the most insecure settings. Even if the network is configured to deny access, the user can be able to perform nearly any action.

Some of the actions that the user can be able to perform when allowed access to local administrative includes the following: Modification of any registry setting, modification permissions on any file or folder, modification of any settings of the system, including setting stored in files in the system folder and many others. Allowing users to run as administrators can lead to potential security attacks and breaches (Dean 97). User configurationFrom control panel right click on local groups and users and from the menu, click on new-local group and from the dialogue box that appears, into the group text box type administrators, then select “remove the current user” check box.

Then select apply (Dean 107). Reset local administrator passwordIt is essential to reset the administrator password since the user had the privileges of an administrative before restricting them from the local administrators group. If the password is reset simultaneously with the extraction of user account the user may never have a chance alter or know the new local administrator password (Thilagam 79).How to configureFrom the control panel right click on groups and local users. On the menu select new-local user and from the dialogue box that appears into the user name text box type in administrator then into password text box type in new password and confirm in password confirm text box.

Then select apply (Thilagam 99).UACUser account control (UAC) offers a chance to facilitate security of the computer when an administrator and a user are logged in. It enhances protection against any virus or application that tries to write to protected/restricted areas of the computer (Rocha 123).How to configureOpen network configuration/policies then select windows settings/security setting then local policies and select security options (Rocha 133). ConclusionComputer security is in a local network is very essential since it prevents both the computers and the user or administrator.

The GPOs are in the frontline to ensure that the computers are fully protected against viruses and alteration of system files and folders by the users.Works CitedDean, Tamara. Network+ Guide to Networks. Boston: Course technology/cengage learning, 2013. Print.Rocha, Álvaro. Advances in Information Systems and Technologies. Berlin: Springer, 2013. Print.Thilagam, P S. Advanced Computing, Networking and Security: International Conference, Adcons 2011, Surathkal, India, December 16-18, 2011, Revised Selected Papers.

Berlin: Springer, 2012. Print.