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    Instance Security Hardening Settings

    The Instance Security Hardening Settings content contains detailed descriptions and compliance values for the security-related system properties and plugins in the Now Platform. You can set most of these properties in the Hardening Compliance Configuration page in the Instance Security Center.

    Overview and purpose

    The Instance Security Center calculates a Daily Compliance Score, expressed as a percentage. It is based on how compliant your current instance security settings are with the compliance values in Instance Security Hardening Settings.

    Using its Hardening Compliance Configuration page, you can manage the specific security configuration settings that may affect the score for your instance. To learn more about ensuring your instances meet hardening requirements, see:
    • Instance Security Center
    • Gather security requirements and enable controls
    • Adjust instance security settings to increase compliance

    Consult the Instance Security Hardening Settings whenever you set or update security-related properties, even if some of the compliance values may not be suitable for your instance. When you are updating these properties, ensure that the instance continues to behave as expected. Consult with the appropriate internal personnel who have the expertise to determine the security impacts.

    Other resources

    For user reference, the Now Platform maintains extensive configuration capabilities information in the product documentation. You access most of the security content using the links found in Platform security. Also, see the following:
    • Available system properties
    • General security settings properties
    • High Security Settings
    • Access control (instance security hardening)

      Access controls determine whether access to a particular resource should be granted or denied. It only allows access to resources to those users permitted to use them.

    • Attachments (instance security hardening)

      Many Now Platform business processes allow for the upload of data/information. It regularly checks the validity and security of text, but accepting these files can introduce even more risk.

    • Email security (instance security hardening)

      This section contains security controls an administrator can configure to ensure that proper security policies are in place for all inbound emails.

    • Input validation (instance security hardening)

      The Now Platform performs input validation to prevent issues that result from the entry of malformed data.

    • Secure communications (instance security hardening)

      The secure communication properties relate to the security of the transportation of HTTP traffic.

    • Security best practices (instance security hardening)

      In addition to security configurations, some extra manual effort is required to further secure Now Platform applications on a day-to-day basis. This section contains security tasks that an administrator should perform periodically, within a certain interval of time.

    • Security whitelisting (instance security hardening)

      A 'positive' security model (also known as a 'whitelist') is one that defines what is allowed, and rejects everything else. This section contains security controls that an administrator can configure to restrict behavior to known whitelists.

    • Session management (instance security hardening)

      Session management helps to properly identify traffic that belongs to a specific user. Take precautions to ensure no abuse of the trust relationship.

    • Other settings and security resourcess

      This section contains security properties you set outside of the Instance Security Center, and also contains other security-related resources.

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      Instance Security Hardening Settings

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      Instance Security Hardening Settings

      The Instance Security Hardening Settings content contains detailed descriptions and compliance values for the security-related system properties and plugins in the Now Platform. You can set most of these properties in the Hardening Compliance Configuration page in the Instance Security Center.

      Overview and purpose

      The Instance Security Center calculates a Daily Compliance Score, expressed as a percentage. It is based on how compliant your current instance security settings are with the compliance values in Instance Security Hardening Settings.

      Using its Hardening Compliance Configuration page, you can manage the specific security configuration settings that may affect the score for your instance. To learn more about ensuring your instances meet hardening requirements, see:
      • Instance Security Center
      • Gather security requirements and enable controls
      • Adjust instance security settings to increase compliance

      Consult the Instance Security Hardening Settings whenever you set or update security-related properties, even if some of the compliance values may not be suitable for your instance. When you are updating these properties, ensure that the instance continues to behave as expected. Consult with the appropriate internal personnel who have the expertise to determine the security impacts.

      Other resources

      For user reference, the Now Platform maintains extensive configuration capabilities information in the product documentation. You access most of the security content using the links found in Platform security. Also, see the following:
      • Available system properties
      • General security settings properties
      • High Security Settings
      • Access control (instance security hardening)

        Access controls determine whether access to a particular resource should be granted or denied. It only allows access to resources to those users permitted to use them.

      • Attachments (instance security hardening)

        Many Now Platform business processes allow for the upload of data/information. It regularly checks the validity and security of text, but accepting these files can introduce even more risk.

      • Email security (instance security hardening)

        This section contains security controls an administrator can configure to ensure that proper security policies are in place for all inbound emails.

      • Input validation (instance security hardening)

        The Now Platform performs input validation to prevent issues that result from the entry of malformed data.

      • Secure communications (instance security hardening)

        The secure communication properties relate to the security of the transportation of HTTP traffic.

      • Security best practices (instance security hardening)

        In addition to security configurations, some extra manual effort is required to further secure Now Platform applications on a day-to-day basis. This section contains security tasks that an administrator should perform periodically, within a certain interval of time.

      • Security whitelisting (instance security hardening)

        A 'positive' security model (also known as a 'whitelist') is one that defines what is allowed, and rejects everything else. This section contains security controls that an administrator can configure to restrict behavior to known whitelists.

      • Session management (instance security hardening)

        Session management helps to properly identify traffic that belongs to a specific user. Take precautions to ensure no abuse of the trust relationship.

      • Other settings and security resourcess

        This section contains security properties you set outside of the Instance Security Center, and also contains other security-related resources.

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