Updated: January 21, 2005
The local security policy can be used to directly modify Account and local policies, Public Key Policies and IP security policies for your local computer.
Other security policy tools include:
Security Templates
For defining a security policy in a template. These templates can be applied to Group Policy or to your local computer.
Security Configuration and Analysis
For configuring your computer with a security template or comparing your current computer settings to the settings defined in a security template.
Security Settings extension to Group Policy
For editing individual security settings on a domain, site, or organizational unit.
Secedit
For automating security configuration tasks.
For more information on the individual security settings, see Security Setting Descriptions.