Overview
Purpose / Short Summary:
The Devicie Security Baseline (User) provides a starting point for organisations to begin their Endpoint security improvement journey, while remaining productive. It covers a wide range of items that encourage standardisation, improve administrators overview and improve device security with minimal impact to typical user activity.
Intune Description:
Inspired by CIS 3.0, while allowing for a secure, but productive experience. Configuration impacting Device Lock and Device Guard.
Scope:
This baseline should be applied to users, in conjunction with the “DEVICIE-PROD-Security Baseline (Device)” baseline.
Policy Impact Areas
When deployed, this policy will impact:
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Enforcing Device Lock, with minimum requirements
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Configuring Device Guard
Deployment Notes
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Pre-Deployment Considerations:
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Windows Hello for Business suitability
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Post-Deployment Validation:
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Verify Windows Defender configuration
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Verify Windows Hello for Business being enabled, with 6+ number length required
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Configuration Settings:
Name |
Value |
Administrative Templates |
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MSS (Legacy) |
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MSS: (AutoAdminLogon) Enable Automatic Logon (not recommended) |
Disabled |
Device Guard |
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Configure System Guard Launch |
Unmanaged Enables Secure Launch if supported by hardware |
Enable Virtualization Based Security |
enable virtualization based security. |
Credential Guard |
(Enabled without lock) Turns on Credential Guard without UEFI lock. |
Require Platform Security Features |
Turns on VBS with Secure Boot. |
Device Lock |
|
Device Password Enabled |
Enabled |
Alphanumeric Device Password Required |
Password, Numeric PIN, or Alphanumeric PIN required. |
Device Password Expiration |
365 |
Device Password History |
24 |
Min Device Password Length |
14 |
Minimum Password Age |
1 |
Devicie Template Name |
Security Baseline (User) |
Default Intune Deployed Name |
DEVICIE-PROD-Security Baseline (User) |
Version |
1.0 |
Template Last Updated |
Nov 18, 2024 |
Document Status: |
DRAFT |
Document Last Updated: |
Apr 10, 2025 |