Click Start.

Type secpol$.$msc into the Search box, and then click secpol$.$

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If your computer is already joined to a domain then searching for secpol$.$msc might not launch the application. If this is the case, click Start and type mmc$.$msc$.$ On the File menu, click Add$/$Remove snap$-$in$,$ and then click Add. In Add Standalone

Snap$-$in$,$ double$-$click Group Policy Object Editor.

First create a policy regarding passwords. Expand Account Policies in the left pane, and then expand Password Policy.

Double$-$click Enforce password history in the right pane. This setting defines how many previously used passwords Windows will record. This prevents users from $$recycling$$ old passwords.

Change passwords remembered to $4.$ Provide a screen shot showing $4.$

Click OK$.$

Double$-$click Maximum password age in the right pane. The default value is $42,$ meaning that a user must change his password after $42$ days.

Change days to $30.$ Provide a screen shot showing $30$ days.

Click OK$.$

Double$-$click Minimum password length in the right pane. The default value is a length of eight characters.

Change characters to $10.$ Provide screen shot showing $10.$

Click OK$.$

Double$-$click Password must meet complexity requirements in the right pane. This setting forces a password to include at least two opposite case letters, a number, and a special character $($such as a punctuation mark$).$

Click Enabled. Provide a screen shot showing enabled.

Click OK$.$

Double$-$click Store passwords using reversible encryption in the right pane. Because passwords should be stored in an encrypted format, this setting should not be enabled.

If necessary, click Disabled. Provide a screen shot showing Disabled.

Click OK$.$

In the left pane, click Account lockout policy.

Double$-$click Account lockout threshold in the right pane. This is the number of times that a user can enter an incorrect password before Windows will lock the account from being accessed. $($This prevents an attacker from attempting to guess the

password with unlimited attempts.$)$

Change invalid login attempts to $5.$ Provide screen shot showing attempts.

Click OK$.$

Note that the Local Security Policy suggests changing the Account lockout duration and the Reset account lockout counter after values to $30$ minutes.

Click OK$.$

Expand Local Policies in the left pane, and then click Audit Policy.

Double$-$click Audit account logon events.

Check both Success and Failure. Provide screen shot showing checked.

Click OK$.$

Right$-$click Security Settings in the left pane.

Click Reload to have these policies applied.

Close all windows.

Part $3$: Configuring Microsoft Windows Security

Description: It is important that security settings be properly configured on a computer in order to protect it$.$ In this project, you examine several security settings on a Microsoft Windows $10$ computer using the Windows interface.

Part $4$: Installing BlueStacks Android Emulator

Part $5$: Installing Security Apps Using BlueStacks

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