MS TechNet: Windows Vista Security Guide Overview

The Windows Vista Security Guide consists of five chapters, and an appendix that you can use to reference setting descriptions, considerations, and values. The Windows Vista Security Guide Settings.xls file that accompanies this guide provides another resource that you can use to compare the setting values. The following figure shows the guide structure to help inform you how to optimally implement and deploy the prescriptive guidance.

Chapter 1: Implementing the Security Baseline
Chapter 2: Defend Against Malware
Chapter 3: Protect Sensitive Data
Chapter 4: Application Compatibility
Chapter 5: Specialized Security – Limited Functionality
Appendix A: Security Group Policy Settings

Read this useful guide in 7 pages (and the older version for WinXP).