Welcome to Shavlik NetChk™ Configure 4.2

Welcome to Shavlik NetChk™ Configure, the next generation of computer security configuration and compliance assessment for Microsoft-based machines. Shavlik NetChk Configure enables you to understand, check, assess, audit, and enforce policy checks on the machines in your networks. It is also an excellent tool for enabling you to understand and meet regulatory compliance requirements and other information security needs.

Shavlik NetChk Configure is simultaneously an information center, an implementation tool, and a vehicle for proving compliance with regulatory requirements.

• As an information center it places a detailed catalog of security procedures, scripts, and other security configuration information at your fingertips. You can use this information to gain an understanding about a number of different policy checks and why you may want to implement those checks. It also provides predefined scripts that you can use on machines in your network to implement the various policy checks.

• As an implementation tool it provides you with the ability to scan Microsoft-based machines in your network and assess the machines for their adherence to specific policy settings. How each scanned machine "grades out" is dependent upon how strict a policy you use when evaluating the machines. You can use the tool to interpret the results of the scan and to update wayward machines, bringing them in line with your particular corporate security policies.

• As a compliance tool, the reports that are automatically generated can be used to provide auditors with evidence of your company's compliance with regulatory requirements. They can also be used to assess your readiness prior to an external audit.