Group policies are settings pushed into a computer’s registry to configure security settings. With Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2, for example, there are more than 3,700 settings for the operating system alone. Get these 10 settings right, and you’ll go a long way toward making your Windows environment more secure. Each of these falls under the Computer ConfigurationWindows SettingSecurity Settings leaf. Each properly configured group policy setting can reduce risk, but 10 settings determine most of your risk.”]

