Abstract: Problem: Organizations need an automated tool that can ensure Windows workstations are compliant with security standards.

Project Description: What: Shell Fortress monitors security configurations to meet a security baseline. These are completed via scans and the results are stored in the form of reports. These reports can be accessed from a dashboard.

Why: Organizations need to be compliant with government regulations. IT departments benefit from automation as it saves resources.

Who: Stakeholders include Legal, IT, and Public Relations Departments.

Process: During the planning phase, Waterfall method was used. For the building phase, the Agile method was used for continuous updating, improvement, and debugging.

Features: Measures security compliance Collects machine security configuration Compares current security configuration to baseline Generates PDF Report Report Downloadable from dashboard

Lessons Learned: Technological proof of concepts are critical to project success Leave buffer time in project plans to account for roadblocks Use the tool that’s right for the job

Technologies: Flask Python Powershell MongoDB

Future Work: Expand to Windows Server and Ubuntu Operating Systems Reconfigure hosts remotely