Pedestal has developed a five step procedure to ensure regulatory system security compliance. The five steps are summarized below. For the detailed version, please view the Five Steps to Compliance PDF.

	Create a system security plan and document why the plan was chosen.
	Audit all desktop and server systems against the system security best practices policy.
	Perform gap analysis between current state and desired state for system settings and patch levels.
	Determine level of compliance to the system security policy and implement appropriate system settings and patch updates.
	Routinely complete steps 2-4 to ensure ongoing regulatory system security compliance.