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We recommend implementing an industry-standard configuration that is broadly known and well-tested, such as a Microsoft security baseline, as opposed to creating one yourself. This helps increase flexibility and reduce costs.
> [!NOTE]
> Microsoft Security Compliance Manager 4.0 is available from the [Microsoft Download Center](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=53353).
## What are security baselines?
Every organization faces security threats. However, the types of security threats that are of most concern to one organization can be completely different from another organization. For example, an e-commerce company may focus on protecting their Internet-facing web apps, while a hospital may focus on protecting confidential patient information. The one thing that all organizations have in common is a need to keep their apps and devices secure. These devices must be compliant with the security standards (or security baselines) defined by the organization.
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To help faster deployments and increase the ease of managing Windows, Microsoft provides customers with security baselines that are available in formats that can be consumed, such as Group Policy Objects backups.
## How can you use security baselines?
## How can you use security baselines?
You can use security baselines to:
- Ensure that user and device configuration settings are compliant with the baseline.
- Set configuration settings. For example, you can use Group Policy, System Center Configuration Manager, or Microsoft Intune to configure a device with the setting values specified in the baseline.
## Where can I get the security baselines?
## Where can I get the security baselines?
Here's a list of security baselines that are currently available.
> **Note:** If you want to know what has changed with each security baseline, or if you want to stay up-to-date on what’s happening with them, check out the [Microsoft Security Guidance](http://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/secguide) blog.
> [!NOTE]
> If you want to know what has changed with each security baseline, or if you want to stay up-to-date on what’s happening with them, check out the [Microsoft Security Guidance](http://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/secguide) blog.
### Windows 10 security baselines