Nov 18, 2025 Miscellaneous- Metadata updated.
- Platform check updated.
- Variables updated.
Added- '18.5.14.1 (L1) Ensure \'Hardened UNC Paths\' is set to \'Enabled, with \'Require Mutual Authentication\' and \'Require Integrity\' set for all NETLOGON and SYSVOL shares\''
- 1.1.1 (L1) Ensure 'Enforce password history' is set to '24 or more password(s)'
- 1.1.2 (L1) Ensure 'Maximum password age' is set to '365 or fewer days, but not 0'
- 1.1.3 (L1) Ensure 'Minimum password age' is set to '1 or more day(s)'
- 1.1.4 (L1) Ensure 'Minimum password length' is set to '14 or more character(s)'
- 1.1.5 (L1) Ensure 'Password must meet complexity requirements' is set to 'Enabled'
- 1.1.6 (L1) Ensure 'Store passwords using reversible encryption' is set to 'Disabled'
- 17.1.1 (L1) Ensure 'Audit Credential Validation' is set to 'Success and Failure'
- 17.2.4 (L1) Ensure 'Audit Security Group Management' is set to include 'Success'
- 17.2.5 (L1) Ensure 'Audit User Account Management' is set to 'Success and Failure'
- 17.3.1 (L1) Ensure 'Audit PNP Activity' is set to include 'Success'
- 17.3.2 (L1) Ensure 'Audit Process Creation' is set to include 'Success'
- 17.5.1 (L1) Ensure 'Audit Account Lockout' is set to include 'Success and Failure'
- 17.5.2 (L1) Ensure 'Audit Group Membership' is set to include 'Success'
- 17.5.3 (L1) Ensure 'Audit Logoff' is set to include 'Success'
- 17.5.4 (L1) Ensure 'Audit Logon' is set to 'Success and Failure'
- 17.5.5 (L1) Ensure 'Audit Other Logon/Logoff Events' is set to 'Success and Failure'
- 17.5.6 (L1) Ensure 'Audit Special Logon' is set to include 'Success'
- 17.6.1 (L1) Ensure 'Audit Other Object Access Events' is set to 'Success and Failure'
- 17.6.2 (L1) Ensure 'Audit Removable Storage' is set to 'Success and Failure'
- 17.7.1 (L1) Ensure 'Audit Audit Policy Change' is set to include 'Success'
- 17.7.2 (L1) Ensure 'Audit Authentication Policy Change' is set to include 'Success'
- 17.7.3 (L1) Ensure 'Audit MPSSVC Rule-Level Policy Change' is set to 'Success and Failure'
- 17.8.1 (L1) Ensure 'Audit Sensitive Privilege Use' is set to 'Success and Failure'
- 17.9.1 (L1) Ensure 'Audit Security State Change' is set to include 'Success'
- 17.9.2 (L1) Ensure 'Audit Security System Extension' is set to include 'Success'
- 17.9.3 (L1) Ensure 'Audit System Integrity' is set to 'Success and Failure'
- 18.1.2.2 (L1) Ensure 'Allow users to enable online speech recognition services' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.3.1 (L1) Ensure 'Configure SMB v1 client driver' is set to 'Enabled: Disable driver (recommended)'
- 18.3.2 (L1) Ensure 'Configure SMB v1 server' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.3.3 (L1) Ensure 'Enable Structured Exception Handling Overwrite Protection (SEHOP)' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.3.4 (L1) Ensure 'NetBT NodeType configuration' is set to 'Enabled: P-node (recommended)'
- 18.3.5 (L1) Ensure 'WDigest Authentication' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.4.1 (L1) Ensure 'MSS: (DisableIPSourceRouting IPv6) IP source routing protection level (protects against packet spoofing)' is set to 'Enabled: Highest protection, source routing is completely disabled'
- 18.4.2 (L1) Ensure 'MSS: (DisableIPSourceRouting) IP source routing protection level (protects against packet spoofing)' is set to 'Enabled: Highest protection, source routing is completely disabled'
- 18.4.3 (L1) Ensure 'MSS: (EnableICMPRedirect) Allow ICMP redirects to override OSPF generated routes' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.4.4 (L1) Ensure 'MSS: (NoNameReleaseOnDemand) Allow the computer to ignore NetBIOS name release requests except from WINS servers' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.5.11.2 (L1) Ensure 'Prohibit installation and configuration of Network Bridge on your DNS domain network' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.5.11.3 (L1) Ensure 'Prohibit use of Internet Connection Sharing on your DNS domain network' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.5.21.1 (L1) Ensure 'Minimize the number of simultaneous connections to the Internet or a Windows Domain' is set to 'Enabled: 1 = Minimize simultaneous connections'
- 18.5.4.1 (L1) Ensure 'Turn off multicast name resolution' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.5.8.1 (L1) Ensure 'Enable insecure guest logons' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.8.14.1 (L1) Ensure 'Boot-Start Driver Initialization Policy' is set to 'Enabled: Good, unknown and bad but critical'
- 18.8.21.2 (L1) Ensure 'Configure registry policy processing: Do not apply during periodic background processing' is set to 'Enabled: FALSE'
- 18.8.21.3 (L1) Ensure 'Configure registry policy processing: Process even if the Group Policy objects have not changed' is set to 'Enabled: TRUE'
- 18.8.21.4 (L1) Ensure 'Continue experiences on this device' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.8.21.5 (L1) Ensure 'Turn off background refresh of Group Policy' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.8.22.1.1 (L1) Ensure 'Turn off downloading of print drivers over HTTP' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.8.28.1 (L1) Ensure 'Block user from showing account details on sign-in' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.8.28.2 (L1) Ensure 'Do not display network selection UI' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.8.3.1 (L1) Ensure 'Include command line in process creation events' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.8.36.1 (L1) Ensure 'Configure Offer Remote Assistance' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.8.36.2 (L1) Ensure 'Configure Solicited Remote Assistance' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.8.37.1 (L1) Ensure 'Enable RPC Endpoint Mapper Client Authentication' is set to 'Enabled' (MS only)
- 18.8.4.1 (L1) Ensure 'Encryption Oracle Remediation' is set to 'Enabled: Force Updated Clients'
- 18.8.4.2 (L1) Ensure 'Remote host allows delegation of non-exportable credentials' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.9.100.1 (L1) Ensure 'Turn on PowerShell Script Block Logging' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.9.100.2 (L1) Ensure 'Turn on PowerShell Transcription' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.9.102.1.1 (L1) Ensure 'Allow Basic authentication' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.9.102.1.2 (L1) Ensure 'Allow unencrypted traffic' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.9.102.1.3 (L1) Ensure 'Disallow Digest authentication' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.9.102.2.1 (L1) Ensure 'Allow Basic authentication' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.9.102.2.2 (L1) Ensure 'Allow unencrypted traffic' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.9.102.2.3 (L1) Ensure 'Disallow WinRM from storing RunAs credentials' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.9.105.2.1 (L1) Ensure 'Prevent users from modifying settings' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.9.14.1 (L1) Ensure 'Turn off cloud consumer account state content' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.9.14.2 (L1) Ensure 'Turn off Microsoft consumer experiences' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.9.16.1 (L1) Ensure 'Do not display the password reveal button' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.9.16.2 (L1) Ensure 'Enumerate administrator accounts on elevation' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.9.17.1 (L1) Ensure 'Allow Diagnostic Data' is set to 'Enabled: Send required diagnostic data'
- 18.9.27.1.1 (L1) Ensure 'Application: Control Event Log behavior when the log file reaches its maximum size' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.9.27.1.2 (L1) Ensure 'Application: Specify the maximum log file size (KB)' is set to 'Enabled: 32,768 or greater'
- 18.9.27.2.1 (L1) Ensure 'Security: Control Event Log behavior when the log file reaches its maximum size' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.9.27.2.2 (L1) Ensure 'Security: Specify the maximum log file size (KB)' is set to 'Enabled: 196,608 or greater'
- 18.9.27.3.1 (L1) Ensure 'Setup: Control Event Log behavior when the log file reaches its maximum size' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.9.27.3.2 (L1) Ensure 'Setup: Specify the maximum log file size (KB)' is set to 'Enabled: 32,768 or greater'
- 18.9.27.4.1 (L1) Ensure 'System: Control Event Log behavior when the log file reaches its maximum size' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.9.27.4.2 (L1) Ensure 'System: Specify the maximum log file size (KB)' is set to 'Enabled: 32,768 or greater'
- 18.9.31.2 (L1) Ensure 'Turn off Data Execution Prevention for Explorer' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.9.31.3 (L1) Ensure 'Turn off heap termination on corruption' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.9.31.4 (L1) Ensure 'Turn off shell protocol protected mode' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.9.46.1 (L1) Ensure 'Block all consumer Microsoft account user authentication' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.9.47.12.1 (L1) Ensure 'Turn on e-mail scanning' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.9.47.15 (L1) Ensure 'Configure detection for potentially unwanted applications' is set to 'Enabled: Block'
- 18.9.47.16 (L1) Ensure 'Turn off Microsoft Defender AntiVirus' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.9.47.4.1 (L1) Ensure 'Configure local setting override for reporting to Microsoft MAPS' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.9.47.5.1.1 (L1) Ensure 'Configure Attack Surface Reduction rules' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.9.47.5.1.2 (L1) Ensure 'Configure Attack Surface Reduction rules: Set the state for each ASR rule' is configured
- 18.9.47.5.3.1 (L1) Ensure 'Prevent users and apps from accessing dangerous websites' is set to 'Enabled: Block'
- 18.9.47.9.1 (L1) Ensure 'Scan all downloaded files and attachments' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.9.47.9.2 (L1) Ensure 'Turn off real-time protection' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.9.47.9.3 (L1) Ensure 'Turn on behavior monitoring' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.9.47.9.4 (L1) Ensure 'Turn on script scanning' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.9.6.1 (L1) Ensure 'Allow Microsoft accounts to be optional' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.9.65.2.2 (L1) Ensure 'Do not allow passwords to be saved' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.9.65.3.11.1 (L1) Ensure 'Do not delete temp folders upon exit' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.9.65.3.11.2 (L1) Ensure 'Do not use temporary folders per session' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.9.65.3.3.1 (L1) Ensure 'Do not allow drive redirection' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.9.65.3.9.1 (L1) Ensure 'Always prompt for password upon connection' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.9.65.3.9.2 (L1) Ensure 'Require secure RPC communication' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.9.65.3.9.3 (L1) Ensure 'Set client connection encryption level' is set to 'Enabled: High Level'
- 18.9.66.1 (L1) Ensure 'Prevent downloading of enclosures' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.9.67.2 (L1) Ensure 'Allow indexing of encrypted files' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.9.85.1.1 (L1) Ensure 'Configure Windows Defender SmartScreen' is set to 'Enabled: Warn and prevent bypass'
- 18.9.90.1 (L1) Ensure 'Allow user control over installs' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.9.90.2 (L1) Ensure 'Always install with elevated privileges' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.9.91.1 (L1) Ensure 'Sign-in and lock last interactive user automatically after a restart' is set to 'Disabled'
- 2.2.1 (L1) Ensure 'Access Credential Manager as a trusted caller' is set to 'No One'
- 2.2.10 (L1) Ensure 'Back up files and directories' is set to 'Administrators, Backup Operators'
- 2.2.11 (L1) Ensure 'Change the system time' is set to 'Administrators, LOCAL SERVICE'
- 2.2.12 (L1) Ensure 'Change the time zone' is set to 'Administrators, LOCAL SERVICE'
- 2.2.13 (L1) Ensure 'Create a pagefile' is set to 'Administrators'
- 2.2.14 (L1) Ensure 'Create a token object' is set to 'No One'
- 2.2.15 (L1) Ensure 'Create global objects' is set to 'Administrators, LOCAL SERVICE, NETWORK SERVICE, SERVICE'
- 2.2.16 (L1) Ensure 'Create permanent shared objects' is set to 'No One'
- 2.2.18 (L1) Ensure 'Create symbolic links' is set to 'Administrators, NT VIRTUAL MACHINE\Virtual Machines' (MS only)
- 2.2.19 (L1) Ensure 'Debug programs' is set to 'Administrators'
- 2.2.20 (L1) Ensure 'Deny access to this computer from the network' to include 'Guests'
- 2.2.21 (L1) Ensure 'Deny log on as a batch job' to include 'Guests'
- 2.2.22 (L1) Ensure 'Deny log on as a service' to include 'Guests'
- 2.2.23 (L1) Ensure 'Deny log on locally' to include 'Guests'
- 2.2.24 (L1) Ensure 'Deny log on through Remote Desktop Services' to include 'Guests'
- 2.2.26 (L1) Ensure 'Enable computer and user accounts to be trusted for delegation' is set to 'No One' (MS only)
- 2.2.27 (L1) Ensure 'Force shutdown from a remote system' is set to 'Administrators'
- 2.2.28 (L1) Ensure 'Generate security audits' is set to 'LOCAL SERVICE, NETWORK SERVICE'
- 2.2.3 (L1) Ensure 'Access this computer from the network' is set to 'Administrators, Authenticated Users' (MS only)
- 2.2.30 (L1) Ensure 'Impersonate a client after authentication' is set to 'Administrators, LOCAL SERVICE, NETWORK SERVICE, SERVICE' and (when the Web Server (IIS) Role with Web Services Role Service is installed) 'IIS_IUSRS' (MS only)
- 2.2.31 (L1) Ensure 'Increase scheduling priority' is set to 'Administrators'
- 2.2.32 (L1) Ensure 'Load and unload device drivers' is set to 'Administrators'
- 2.2.33 (L1) Ensure 'Lock pages in memory' is set to 'No One'
- 2.2.35 (L1) Ensure 'Manage auditing and security log' is set to 'Administrators' (MS only)
- 2.2.36 (L1) Ensure 'Modify an object label' is set to 'No One'
- 2.2.37 (L1) Ensure 'Modify firmware environment values' is set to 'Administrators'
- 2.2.38 (L1) Ensure 'Perform volume maintenance tasks' is set to 'Administrators'
- 2.2.39 (L1) Ensure 'Profile single process' is set to 'Administrators'
- 2.2.4 (L1) Ensure 'Act as part of the operating system' is set to 'No One'
- 2.2.40 (L1) Ensure 'Profile system performance' is set to 'Administrators, NT SERVICE\WdiServiceHost'
- 2.2.41 (L1) Ensure 'Replace a process level token' is set to 'LOCAL SERVICE, NETWORK SERVICE'
- 2.2.42 (L1) Ensure 'Restore files and directories' is set to 'Administrators, Backup Operators'
- 2.2.43 (L1) Ensure 'Shut down the system' is set to 'Administrators, Backup Operators'
- 2.2.45 (L1) Ensure 'Take ownership of files or other objects' is set to 'Administrators'
- 2.2.6 (L1) Ensure 'Adjust memory quotas for a process' is set to 'Administrators, LOCAL SERVICE, NETWORK SERVICE'
- 2.2.7 (L1) Ensure 'Allow log on locally' is set to 'Administrators'
- 2.2.9 (L1) Ensure 'Allow log on through Remote Desktop Services' is set to 'Administrators, Remote Desktop Users' (MS only)
- 2.3.1.1 (L1) Ensure 'Accounts: Block Microsoft accounts' is set to 'Users can't add or log on with Microsoft accounts'
- 2.3.1.2 (L1) Ensure 'Accounts: Guest account status' is set to 'Disabled' (MS only)
- 2.3.1.3 (L1) Ensure 'Accounts: Limit local account use of blank passwords to console logon only' is set to 'Enabled'
- 2.3.1.4 (L1) Configure 'Accounts: Rename administrator account'
- 2.3.1.5 (L1) Configure 'Accounts: Rename guest account'
- 2.3.10.1 (L1) Ensure 'Network access: Allow anonymous SID/Name translation' is set to 'Disabled'
- 2.3.10.10 (L1) Ensure 'Network access: Restrict clients allowed to make remote calls to SAM' is set to 'Administrators: Remote Access: Allow' (MS only)
- 2.3.10.11 (L1) Ensure 'Network access: Shares that can be accessed anonymously' is set to 'None'
- 2.3.10.12 (L1) Ensure 'Network access: Sharing and security model for local accounts' is set to 'Classic - local users authenticate as themselves'
- 2.3.10.2 (L1) Ensure 'Network access: Do not allow anonymous enumeration of SAM accounts' is set to 'Enabled' (MS only)
- 2.3.10.3 (L1) Ensure 'Network access: Do not allow anonymous enumeration of SAM accounts and shares' is set to 'Enabled' (MS only)
- 2.3.10.4 (L1) Ensure 'Network access: Let Everyone permissions apply to anonymous users' is set to 'Disabled'
- 2.3.10.6 (L1) Configure 'Network access: Named Pipes that can be accessed anonymously' (MS only)
- 2.3.10.7 (L1) Configure 'Network access: Remotely accessible registry paths' is configured
- 2.3.10.8 (L1) Configure 'Network access: Remotely accessible registry paths and sub-paths' is configured
- 2.3.10.9 (L1) Ensure 'Network access: Restrict anonymous access to Named Pipes and Shares' is set to 'Enabled'
- 2.3.11.1 (L1) Ensure 'Network security: Allow Local System to use computer identity for NTLM' is set to 'Enabled'
- 2.3.11.2 (L1) Ensure 'Network security: Allow LocalSystem NULL session fallback' is set to 'Disabled'
- 2.3.11.3 (L1) Ensure 'Network Security: Allow PKU2U authentication requests to this computer to use online identities' is set to 'Disabled'
- 2.3.11.4 (L1) Ensure 'Network security: Configure encryption types allowed for Kerberos' is set to 'AES128_HMAC_SHA1, AES256_HMAC_SHA1, Future encryption types'
- 2.3.11.5 (L1) Ensure 'Network security: Do not store LAN Manager hash value on next password change' is set to 'Enabled'
- 2.3.11.6 (L1) Ensure 'Network security: LAN Manager authentication level' is set to 'Send NTLMv2 response only. Refuse LM & NTLM'
- 2.3.11.7 (L1) Ensure 'Network security: LDAP client signing requirements' is set to 'Negotiate signing' or higher
- 2.3.11.8 (L1) Ensure 'Network security: Minimum session security for NTLM SSP based (including secure RPC) clients' is set to 'Require NTLMv2 session security, Require 128-bit encryption'
- 2.3.11.9 (L1) Ensure 'Network security: Minimum session security for NTLM SSP based (including secure RPC) servers' is set to 'Require NTLMv2 session security, Require 128-bit encryption'
- 2.3.13.1 (L1) Ensure 'Shutdown: Allow system to be shut down without having to log on' is set to 'Disabled'
- 2.3.15.1 (L1) Ensure 'System objects: Require case insensitivity for non-Windows subsystems' is set to 'Enabled'
- 2.3.15.2 (L1) Ensure 'System objects: Strengthen default permissions of internal system objects (e.g. Symbolic Links)' is set to 'Enabled'
- 2.3.17.1 (L1) Ensure 'User Account Control: Admin Approval Mode for the Built-in Administrator account' is set to 'Enabled'
- 2.3.17.2 (L1) Ensure 'User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for administrators in Admin Approval Mode' is set to 'Prompt for consent on the secure desktop'
- 2.3.17.3 (L1) Ensure 'User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for standard users' is set to 'Automatically deny elevation requests'
- 2.3.17.4 (L1) Ensure 'User Account Control: Detect application installations and prompt for elevation' is set to 'Enabled'
- 2.3.17.5 (L1) Ensure 'User Account Control: Only elevate UIAccess applications that are installed in secure locations' is set to 'Enabled'
- 2.3.17.6 (L1) Ensure 'User Account Control: Run all administrators in Admin Approval Mode' is set to 'Enabled'
- 2.3.17.7 (L1) Ensure 'User Account Control: Switch to the secure desktop when prompting for elevation' is set to 'Enabled'
- 2.3.17.8 (L1) Ensure 'User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations' is set to 'Enabled'
- 2.3.2.1 (L1) Ensure 'Audit: Force audit policy subcategory settings (Windows Vista or later) to override audit policy category settings' is set to 'Enabled'
- 2.3.2.2 (L1) Ensure 'Audit: Shut down system immediately if unable to log security audits' is set to 'Disabled'
- 2.3.4.1 (L1) Ensure 'Devices: Allowed to format and eject removable media' is set to 'Administrators'
- 2.3.4.2 (L1) Ensure 'Devices: Prevent users from installing printer drivers' is set to 'Enabled'
- 2.3.6.1 (L1) Ensure 'Domain member: Digitally encrypt or sign secure channel data (always)' is set to 'Enabled'
- 2.3.6.2 (L1) Ensure 'Domain member: Digitally encrypt secure channel data (when possible)' is set to 'Enabled'
- 2.3.6.3 (L1) Ensure 'Domain member: Digitally sign secure channel data (when possible)' is set to 'Enabled'
- 2.3.6.4 (L1) Ensure 'Domain member: Disable machine account password changes' is set to 'Disabled'
- 2.3.6.5 (L1) Ensure 'Domain member: Maximum machine account password age' is set to '30 or fewer days, but not 0'
- 2.3.7.1 (L1) Ensure 'Interactive logon: Machine inactivity limit' is set to '900 or fewer second(s), but not 0'
- 2.3.7.2 (L1) Configure 'Interactive logon: Message text for users attempting to log on'
- 2.3.7.3 (L1) Configure 'Interactive logon: Message title for users attempting to log on'
- 2.3.7.4 (L1) Ensure 'Interactive logon: Prompt user to change password before expiration' is set to 'between 5 and 14 days'
- 2.3.8.1 (L1) Ensure 'Microsoft network client: Digitally sign communications (always)' is set to 'Enabled'
- 2.3.8.2 (L1) Ensure 'Microsoft network client: Digitally sign communications (if server agrees)' is set to 'Enabled'
- 2.3.8.3 (L1) Ensure 'Microsoft network client: Send unencrypted password to third-party SMB servers' is set to 'Disabled'
- 2.3.9.1 (L1) Ensure 'Microsoft network server: Amount of idle time required before suspending session' is set to '15 or fewer minute(s)'
- 2.3.9.2 (L1) Ensure 'Microsoft network server: Digitally sign communications (always)' is set to 'Enabled'
- 2.3.9.3 (L1) Ensure 'Microsoft network server: Digitally sign communications (if client agrees)' is set to 'Enabled'
- 2.3.9.4 (L1) Ensure 'Microsoft network server: Disconnect clients when logon hours expire' is set to 'Enabled'
- 2.3.9.5 (L1) Ensure 'Microsoft network server: Server SPN target name validation level' is set to 'Accept if provided by client' or higher (MS only)
- 9.1.1 (L1) Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Domain: Firewall state' is set to 'On (recommended)'
- 9.1.2 (L1) Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Domain: Inbound connections' is set to 'Block (default)'
- 9.1.3 (L1) Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Domain: Outbound connections' is set to 'Allow (default)'
- 9.1.4 (L1) Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Domain: Logging: Name' is set to '%SystemRoot%\System32\logfiles\firewall\domainfw.log'
- 9.1.5 (L1) Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Domain: Logging: Size limit (KB)' is set to '16,384 KB or greater'
- 9.1.6 (L1) Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Domain: Logging: Log dropped packets' is set to 'Yes'
- 9.1.7 (L1) Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Domain: Logging: Log successful connections' is set to 'Yes'
- 9.2.1 (L1) Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Private: Firewall state' is set to 'On (recommended)'
- 9.2.2 (L1) Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Private: Inbound connections' is set to 'Block (default)'
- 9.2.3 (L1) Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Private: Outbound connections' is set to 'Allow (default)'
- 9.2.4 (L1) Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Private: Logging: Name' is set to '%SystemRoot%\System32\logfiles\firewall\privatefw.log'
- 9.2.5 (L1) Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Private: Logging: Size limit (KB)' is set to '16,384 KB or greater'
- 9.2.6 (L1) Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Private: Logging: Log dropped packets' is set to 'Yes'
- 9.2.7 (L1) Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Private: Logging: Log successful connections' is set to 'Yes'
- 9.3.1 (L1) Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Public: Firewall state' is set to 'On (recommended)'
- 9.3.2 (L1) Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Public: Inbound connections' is set to 'Block (default)'
- 9.3.3 (L1) Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Public: Outbound connections' is set to 'Allow (default)'
- 9.3.4 (L1) Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Public: Logging: Name' is set to '%SystemRoot%\System32\logfiles\firewall\publicfw.log'
- 9.3.5 (L1) Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Public: Logging: Size limit (KB)' is set to '16,384 KB or greater'
- 9.3.6 (L1) Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Public: Logging: Log dropped packets' is set to 'Yes'
- 9.3.7 (L1) Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Public: Logging: Log successful connections' is set to 'Yes'
- CIS_Azure_Compute_Microsoft_Windows_Server_2022_v1.0.0_L1_MS.audit from CIS Azure Compute Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Benchmark v1.0.0
Removed- 1.1.1 Ensure 'Enforce password history' is set to '24 or more password(s)'
- 1.1.2 Ensure 'Maximum password age' is set to '365 or fewer days, but not 0'
- 1.1.3 Ensure 'Minimum password age' is set to '1 or more day(s)'
- 1.1.4 Ensure 'Minimum password length' is set to '14 or more character(s)'
- 1.1.5 Ensure 'Password must meet complexity requirements' is set to 'Enabled'
- 1.1.6 Ensure 'Store passwords using reversible encryption' is set to 'Disabled' - Disabled
- 17.1.1 Ensure 'Audit Credential Validation' is set to 'Success and Failure'
- 17.2.4 Ensure 'Audit Security Group Management' is set to include 'Success' - Success
- 17.2.5 Ensure 'Audit User Account Management' is set to 'Success and Failure' - Success and Failure
- 17.3.1 Ensure 'Audit PNP Activity' is set to include 'Success'
- 17.3.2 Ensure 'Audit Process Creation' is set to include 'Success'
- 17.5.1 Ensure 'Audit Account Lockout' is set to include 'Success and Failure' - Failure
- 17.5.2 Ensure 'Audit Group Membership' is set to include 'Success'
- 17.5.3 Ensure 'Audit Logoff' is set to include 'Success'
- 17.5.4 Ensure 'Audit Logon' is set to 'Success and Failure'
- 17.5.5 Ensure 'Audit Other Logon/Logoff Events' is set to 'Success and Failure'
- 17.5.6 Ensure 'Audit Special Logon' is set to include 'Success'
- 17.6.1 Ensure 'Audit Other Object Access Events' is set to 'Success and Failure' - Success and Failure
- 17.6.2 Ensure 'Audit Removable Storage' is set to 'Success and Failure' - Success and Failure
- 17.7.1 Ensure 'Audit Audit Policy Change' is set to include 'Success'
- 17.7.2 Ensure 'Audit Authentication Policy Change' is set to include 'Success'
- 17.7.3 Ensure 'Audit MPSSVC Rule-Level Policy Change' is set to 'Success and Failure' - Success and Failure
- 17.8.1 Ensure 'Audit Sensitive Privilege Use' is set to 'Success and Failure'
- 17.9.1 Ensure 'Audit Security State Change' is set to include 'Success' - Success
- 17.9.2 Ensure 'Audit Security System Extension' is set to include 'Success' - Success
- 17.9.3 Ensure 'Audit System Integrity' is set to 'Success and Failure' - Success and Failure
- 18.1.2.2 Ensure 'Allow users to enable online speech recognition services' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.3.1 Ensure 'Configure SMB v1 client driver' is set to 'Enabled: Disable driver (recommended)' - Enabled: Disable driver (recommended)
- 18.3.2 Ensure 'Configure SMB v1 server' is set to 'Disabled' - Disabled
- 18.3.3 Ensure 'Enable Structured Exception Handling Overwrite Protection (SEHOP)' is set to 'Enabled' - Enabled
- 18.3.4 Ensure 'NetBT NodeType configuration' is set to 'Enabled: P-node (recommended)' - Enabled: P-node (recommended)
- 18.3.5 Ensure 'WDigest Authentication' is set to 'Disabled' - Disabled
- 18.4.1 Ensure 'MSS: (DisableIPSourceRouting IPv6) IP source routing protection level (protects against packet spoofing)' is set to 'Enabled: Highest protection, source routing is completely disabled'
- 18.4.2 Ensure 'MSS: (DisableIPSourceRouting) IP source routing protection level (protects against packet spoofing)' is set to 'Enabled: Highest protection, source routing is completely disabled' - Enabled: Highest protection, source routing is completely disabled
- 18.4.3 Ensure 'MSS: (EnableICMPRedirect) Allow ICMP redirects to override OSPF generated routes' is set to 'Disabled' - Disabled
- 18.4.4 Ensure 'MSS: (NoNameReleaseOnDemand) Allow the computer to ignore NetBIOS name release requests except from WINS servers' is set to 'Enabled' - Enabled
- 18.5.11.2 Ensure 'Prohibit installation and configuration of Network Bridge on your DNS domain network' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.5.11.3 Ensure 'Prohibit use of Internet Connection Sharing on your DNS domain network' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.5.14.1 Ensure 'Hardened UNC Paths' is set to 'Enabled, with 'Require Mutual Authentication' and 'Require Integrity' set for all NETLOGON and SYSVOL shares' - NETLOGON
- 18.5.14.1 Ensure 'Hardened UNC Paths' is set to 'Enabled, with 'Require Mutual Authentication' and 'Require Integrity' set for all NETLOGON and SYSVOL shares' - SYSVOL
- 18.5.21.1 Ensure 'Minimize the number of simultaneous connections to the Internet or a Windows Domain' is set to 'Enabled: 1 = Minimize simultaneous connections' - Enabled: 3 = Prevent Wi-Fi when on Ethernet
- 18.5.4.1 Ensure 'Turn off multicast name resolution' is set to 'Enabled' - Enabled
- 18.5.8.1 Ensure 'Enable insecure guest logons' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.8.14.1 Ensure 'Boot-Start Driver Initialization Policy' is set to 'Enabled: Good, unknown and bad but critical'
- 18.8.21.2 Ensure 'Configure registry policy processing: Do not apply during periodic background processing' is set to 'Enabled: FALSE'
- 18.8.21.3 Ensure 'Configure registry policy processing: Process even if the Group Policy objects have not changed' is set to 'Enabled: TRUE'
- 18.8.21.4 Ensure 'Continue experiences on this device' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.8.21.5 Ensure 'Turn off background refresh of Group Policy' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.8.22.1.1 Ensure 'Turn off downloading of print drivers over HTTP' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.8.28.1 Ensure 'Block user from showing account details on sign-in' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.8.28.2 Ensure 'Do not display network selection UI' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.8.3.1 Ensure 'Include command line in process creation events' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.8.36.1 Ensure 'Configure Offer Remote Assistance' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.8.36.2 Ensure 'Configure Solicited Remote Assistance' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.8.37.1 Ensure 'Enable RPC Endpoint Mapper Client Authentication' is set to 'Enabled' (MS only) - Enabled
- 18.8.4.1 Ensure 'Encryption Oracle Remediation' is set to 'Enabled: Force Updated Clients'
- 18.8.4.2 Ensure 'Remote host allows delegation of non-exportable credentials' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.9.100.1 Ensure 'Turn on PowerShell Script Block Logging' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.9.100.2 Ensure 'Turn on PowerShell Transcription' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.9.102.1.1 Ensure 'Allow Basic authentication' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.9.102.1.2 Ensure 'Allow unencrypted traffic' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.9.102.1.3 Ensure 'Disallow Digest authentication' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.9.102.2.1 Ensure 'Allow Basic authentication' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.9.102.2.2 Ensure 'Allow unencrypted traffic' is set to 'Disabled' - Disabled
- 18.9.102.2.3 Ensure 'Disallow WinRM from storing RunAs credentials' is set to 'Enabled' - Enabled
- 18.9.105.2.1 Ensure 'Prevent users from modifying settings' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.9.14.1 Ensure 'Turn off cloud consumer account state content' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.9.14.2 Ensure 'Turn off Microsoft consumer experiences' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.9.16.1 Ensure 'Do not display the password reveal button' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.9.16.2 Ensure 'Enumerate administrator accounts on elevation' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.9.17.1 Ensure 'Allow Diagnostic Data' is set to 'Enabled: Send required diagnostic data' - Enabled: Send required diagnostic data
- 18.9.27.1.1 Ensure 'Application: Control Event Log behavior when the log file reaches its maximum size' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.9.27.1.2 Ensure 'Application: Specify the maximum log file size (KB)' is set to 'Enabled: 32,768 or greater'
- 18.9.27.2.1 Ensure 'Security: Control Event Log behavior when the log file reaches its maximum size' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.9.27.2.2 Ensure 'Security: Specify the maximum log file size (KB)' is set to 'Enabled: 196,608 or greater'
- 18.9.27.3.1 Ensure 'Setup: Control Event Log behavior when the log file reaches its maximum size' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.9.27.3.2 Ensure 'Setup: Specify the maximum log file size (KB)' is set to 'Enabled: 32,768 or greater'
- 18.9.27.4.1 Ensure 'System: Control Event Log behavior when the log file reaches its maximum size' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.9.27.4.2 Ensure 'System: Specify the maximum log file size (KB)' is set to 'Enabled: 32,768 or greater'
- 18.9.31.2 Ensure 'Turn off Data Execution Prevention for Explorer' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.9.31.3 Ensure 'Turn off heap termination on corruption' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.9.31.4 Ensure 'Turn off shell protocol protected mode' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.9.46.1 Ensure 'Block all consumer Microsoft account user authentication' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.9.47.12.1 Ensure 'Turn on e-mail scanning' is set to 'Enabled' - Enabled
- 18.9.47.15 Ensure 'Configure detection for potentially unwanted applications' is set to 'Enabled: Block'
- 18.9.47.16 Ensure 'Turn off Microsoft Defender AntiVirus' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.9.47.4.1 Ensure 'Configure local setting override for reporting to Microsoft MAPS' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.9.47.5.1.1 Ensure 'Configure Attack Surface Reduction rules' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.9.47.5.1.2 Ensure 'Configure Attack Surface Reduction rules: Set the state for each ASR rule' is configured - 26190899-1602-49e8-8b27-eb1d0a1ce869
- 18.9.47.5.1.2 Ensure 'Configure Attack Surface Reduction rules: Set the state for each ASR rule' is configured - 3b576869-a4ec-4529-8536-b80a7769e899
- 18.9.47.5.1.2 Ensure 'Configure Attack Surface Reduction rules: Set the state for each ASR rule' is configured - 5beb7efe-fd9a-4556-801d-275e5ffc04cc
- 18.9.47.5.1.2 Ensure 'Configure Attack Surface Reduction rules: Set the state for each ASR rule' is configured - 75668c1f-73b5-4cf0-bb93-3ecf5cb7cc84
- 18.9.47.5.1.2 Ensure 'Configure Attack Surface Reduction rules: Set the state for each ASR rule' is configured - 7674ba52-37eb-4a4f-a9a1-f0f9a1619a2c
- 18.9.47.5.1.2 Ensure 'Configure Attack Surface Reduction rules: Set the state for each ASR rule' is configured - 92e97fa1-2edf-4476-bdd6-9dd0b4dddc7b
- 18.9.47.5.1.2 Ensure 'Configure Attack Surface Reduction rules: Set the state for each ASR rule' is configured - 9e6c4e1f-7d60-472f-ba1a-a39ef669e4b2
- 18.9.47.5.1.2 Ensure 'Configure Attack Surface Reduction rules: Set the state for each ASR rule' is configured - b2b3f03d-6a65-4f7b-a9c7-1c7ef74a9ba4
- 18.9.47.5.1.2 Ensure 'Configure Attack Surface Reduction rules: Set the state for each ASR rule' is configured - be9ba2d9-53ea-4cdc-84e5-9b1eeee46550
- 18.9.47.5.1.2 Ensure 'Configure Attack Surface Reduction rules: Set the state for each ASR rule' is configured - d3e037e1-3eb8-44c8-a917-57927947596d
- 18.9.47.5.1.2 Ensure 'Configure Attack Surface Reduction rules: Set the state for each ASR rule' is configured - d4f940ab-401b-4efc-aadc-ad5f3c50688a
- 18.9.47.5.3.1 Ensure 'Prevent users and apps from accessing dangerous websites' is set to 'Enabled: Block'
- 18.9.47.9.1 Ensure 'Scan all downloaded files and attachments' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.9.47.9.2 Ensure 'Turn off real-time protection' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.9.47.9.3 Ensure 'Turn on behavior monitoring' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.9.47.9.4 Ensure 'Turn on script scanning' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.9.6.1 Ensure 'Allow Microsoft accounts to be optional' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.9.65.2.2 Ensure 'Do not allow passwords to be saved' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.9.65.3.11.1 Ensure 'Do not delete temp folders upon exit' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.9.65.3.11.2 Ensure 'Do not use temporary folders per session' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.9.65.3.3.1 Ensure 'Do not allow drive redirection' is set to 'Enabled' - Enabled
- 18.9.65.3.9.1 Ensure 'Always prompt for password upon connection' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.9.65.3.9.2 Ensure 'Require secure RPC communication' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.9.65.3.9.3 Ensure 'Set client connection encryption level' is set to 'Enabled: High Level' - Enabled: High Level
- 18.9.66.1 Ensure 'Prevent downloading of enclosures' is set to 'Enabled'
- 18.9.67.2 Ensure 'Allow indexing of encrypted files' is set to 'Disabled' - Disabled
- 18.9.85.1.1 Ensure 'Configure Windows Defender SmartScreen' is set to 'Enabled: Warn and prevent bypass' - EnableSmartScreen
- 18.9.85.1.1 Ensure 'Configure Windows Defender SmartScreen' is set to 'Enabled: Warn and prevent bypass' - ShellSmartScreenLevel
- 18.9.90.1 Ensure 'Allow user control over installs' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.9.90.2 Ensure 'Always install with elevated privileges' is set to 'Disabled'
- 18.9.91.1 Ensure 'Sign-in and lock last interactive user automatically after a restart' is set to 'Disabled'
- 2.2.1 Ensure 'Access Credential Manager as a trusted caller' is set to 'No One'
- 2.2.10 Ensure 'Back up files and directories' is set to 'Administrators, Backup Operators' - Administrators
- 2.2.11 Ensure 'Change the system time' is set to 'Administrators, LOCAL SERVICE'
- 2.2.12 Ensure 'Change the time zone' is set to 'Administrators, LOCAL SERVICE'
- 2.2.13 Ensure 'Create a pagefile' is set to 'Administrators'
- 2.2.14 Ensure 'Create a token object' is set to 'No One'
- 2.2.15 Ensure 'Create global objects' is set to 'Administrators, LOCAL SERVICE, NETWORK SERVICE, SERVICE'
- 2.2.16 Ensure 'Create permanent shared objects' is set to 'No One'
- 2.2.18 Ensure 'Create symbolic links' is set to 'Administrators, NT VIRTUAL MACHINE\Virtual Machines' (MS only) - Administrators, NT VIRTUAL MACHINE\Virtual Machines
- 2.2.19 Ensure 'Debug programs' is set to 'Administrators'
- 2.2.20 Ensure 'Deny access to this computer from the network' to include 'Guests'
- 2.2.21 Ensure 'Deny log on as a batch job' to include 'Guests' - Guests
- 2.2.22 Ensure 'Deny log on as a service' to include 'Guests' - Guests
- 2.2.23 Ensure 'Deny log on locally' to include 'Guests' - Guests
- 2.2.24 Ensure 'Deny log on through Remote Desktop Services' to include 'Guests'
- 2.2.26 Ensure 'Enable computer and user accounts to be trusted for delegation' is set to 'No One' (MS only) - No One
- 2.2.27 Ensure 'Force shutdown from a remote system' is set to 'Administrators' - Administrators
- 2.2.28 Ensure 'Generate security audits' is set to 'LOCAL SERVICE, NETWORK SERVICE' - LOCAL SERVICE, NETWORK SERVICE
- 2.2.3 Ensure 'Access this computer from the network' is set to 'Administrators, Authenticated Users' (MS only) - Administrators, Authenticated Users
- 2.2.30 Ensure 'Impersonate a client after authentication' is set to 'Administrators, LOCAL SERVICE, NETWORK SERVICE, SERVICE' and (when the Web Server (IIS) Role with Web Services Role Service is installed) 'IIS_IUSRS' (MS only) - IIS_IUSRS
- 2.2.31 Ensure 'Increase scheduling priority' is set to 'Administrators' - Administrators, Window Manager\Window Manager Group
- 2.2.32 Ensure 'Load and unload device drivers' is set to 'Administrators' - Administrators
- 2.2.33 Ensure 'Lock pages in memory' is set to 'No One' - No One
- 2.2.35 Ensure 'Manage auditing and security log' is set to 'Administrators' (MS only) - Administrators
- 2.2.36 Ensure 'Modify an object label' is set to 'No One' - No One
- 2.2.37 Ensure 'Modify firmware environment values' is set to 'Administrators' - Administrators
- 2.2.38 Ensure 'Perform volume maintenance tasks' is set to 'Administrators' - Administrators
- 2.2.39 Ensure 'Profile single process' is set to 'Administrators' - Administrators
- 2.2.4 Ensure 'Act as part of the operating system' is set to 'No One'
- 2.2.40 Ensure 'Profile system performance' is set to 'Administrators, NT SERVICE\WdiServiceHost' - Administrators, NT SERVICE\WdiServiceHost
- 2.2.41 Ensure 'Replace a process level token' is set to 'LOCAL SERVICE, NETWORK SERVICE' - LOCAL SERVICE, NETWORK SERVICE
- 2.2.42 Ensure 'Restore files and directories' is set to 'Administrators, Backup Operators' - Administrators
- 2.2.43 Ensure 'Shut down the system' is set to 'Administrators, Backup Operators' - Administrators
- 2.2.45 Ensure 'Take ownership of files or other objects' is set to 'Administrators' - Administrators
- 2.2.6 Ensure 'Adjust memory quotas for a process' is set to 'Administrators, LOCAL SERVICE, NETWORK SERVICE'
- 2.2.7 Ensure 'Allow log on locally' is set to 'Administrators'
- 2.2.9 Ensure 'Allow log on through Remote Desktop Services' is set to 'Administrators, Remote Desktop Users' (MS only) - Administrators, Remote Desktop Users
- 2.3.1.1 Ensure 'Accounts: Block Microsoft accounts' is set to 'Users can't add or log on with Microsoft accounts' - t add or log on with Microsoft accounts
- 2.3.1.2 Ensure 'Accounts: Guest account status' is set to 'Disabled' (MS only) - Disabled
- 2.3.1.3 Ensure 'Accounts: Limit local account use of blank passwords to console logon only' is set to 'Enabled' - Enabled
- 2.3.1.4 Configure 'Accounts: Rename administrator account' - Accounts: Rename administrator account
- 2.3.1.5 Configure 'Accounts: Rename guest account' - Accounts: Rename guest account
- 2.3.10.1 Ensure 'Network access: Allow anonymous SID/Name translation' is set to 'Disabled'
- 2.3.10.10 Ensure 'Network access: Restrict clients allowed to make remote calls to SAM' is set to 'Administrators: Remote Access: Allow' (MS only) - Administrators: Remote Access: Allow
- 2.3.10.11 Ensure 'Network access: Shares that can be accessed anonymously' is set to 'None' - None
- 2.3.10.12 Ensure 'Network access: Sharing and security model for local accounts' is set to 'Classic - local users authenticate as themselves' - local users authenticate as themselves'
- 2.3.10.2 Ensure 'Network access: Do not allow anonymous enumeration of SAM accounts' is set to 'Enabled' (MS only) - Enabled
- 2.3.10.3 Ensure 'Network access: Do not allow anonymous enumeration of SAM accounts and shares' is set to 'Enabled' (MS only) - Enabled
- 2.3.10.4 Ensure 'Network access: Let Everyone permissions apply to anonymous users' is set to 'Disabled' - Disabled
- 2.3.10.6 Configure 'Network access: Named Pipes that can be accessed anonymously' (MS only) - Network access: Named Pipes that can be accessed anonymously
- 2.3.10.7 Configure 'Network access: Remotely accessible registry paths' is configured - Network access: Remotely accessible registry paths is configured
- 2.3.10.8 Configure 'Network access: Remotely accessible registry paths and sub-paths' is configured - Network access: Remotely accessible registry paths and sub-paths is configured
- 2.3.10.9 Ensure 'Network access: Restrict anonymous access to Named Pipes and Shares' is set to 'Enabled' - Enabled
- 2.3.11.1 Ensure 'Network security: Allow Local System to use computer identity for NTLM' is set to 'Enabled'
- 2.3.11.2 Ensure 'Network security: Allow LocalSystem NULL session fallback' is set to 'Disabled'
- 2.3.11.3 Ensure 'Network Security: Allow PKU2U authentication requests to this computer to use online identities' is set to 'Disabled'
- 2.3.11.4 Ensure 'Network security: Configure encryption types allowed for Kerberos' is set to 'AES128_HMAC_SHA1, AES256_HMAC_SHA1, Future encryption types'
- 2.3.11.5 Ensure 'Network security: Do not store LAN Manager hash value on next password change' is set to 'Enabled'
- 2.3.11.6 Ensure 'Network security: LAN Manager authentication level' is set to 'Send NTLMv2 response only. Refuse LM & NTLM' - Send NTLMv2 response only. Refuse LM & NTLM
- 2.3.11.7 Ensure 'Network security: LDAP client signing requirements' is set to 'Negotiate signing' or higher - Negotiate signing or higher
- 2.3.11.8 Ensure 'Network security: Minimum session security for NTLM SSP based (including secure RPC) clients' is set to 'Require NTLMv2 session security, Require 128-bit encryption' - Require NTLMv2 session security, Require 128-bit encryption
- 2.3.11.9 Ensure 'Network security: Minimum session security for NTLM SSP based (including secure RPC) servers' is set to 'Require NTLMv2 session security, Require 128-bit encryption' - Require NTLMv2 session security, Require 128-bit encryption
- 2.3.13.1 Ensure 'Shutdown: Allow system to be shut down without having to log on' is set to 'Disabled'
- 2.3.15.1 Ensure 'System objects: Require case insensitivity for non-Windows subsystems' is set to 'Enabled'
- 2.3.15.2 Ensure 'System objects: Strengthen default permissions of internal system objects (e.g. Symbolic Links)' is set to 'Enabled'
- 2.3.17.1 Ensure 'User Account Control: Admin Approval Mode for the Built-in Administrator account' is set to 'Enabled'
- 2.3.17.2 Ensure 'User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for administrators in Admin Approval Mode' is set to 'Prompt for consent on the secure desktop'
- 2.3.17.3 Ensure 'User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for standard users' is set to 'Automatically deny elevation requests'
- 2.3.17.4 Ensure 'User Account Control: Detect application installations and prompt for elevation' is set to 'Enabled'
- 2.3.17.5 Ensure 'User Account Control: Only elevate UIAccess applications that are installed in secure locations' is set to 'Enabled'
- 2.3.17.6 Ensure 'User Account Control: Run all administrators in Admin Approval Mode' is set to 'Enabled'
- 2.3.17.7 Ensure 'User Account Control: Switch to the secure desktop when prompting for elevation' is set to 'Enabled'
- 2.3.17.8 Ensure 'User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations' is set to 'Enabled'
- 2.3.2.1 Ensure 'Audit: Force audit policy subcategory settings (Windows Vista or later) to override audit policy category settings' is set to 'Enabled'
- 2.3.2.2 Ensure 'Audit: Shut down system immediately if unable to log security audits' is set to 'Disabled'
- 2.3.4.1 Ensure 'Devices: Allowed to format and eject removable media' is set to 'Administrators'
- 2.3.4.2 Ensure 'Devices: Prevent users from installing printer drivers' is set to 'Enabled'
- 2.3.6.1 Ensure 'Domain member: Digitally encrypt or sign secure channel data (always)' is set to 'Enabled'
- 2.3.6.2 Ensure 'Domain member: Digitally encrypt secure channel data (when possible)' is set to 'Enabled'
- 2.3.6.3 Ensure 'Domain member: Digitally sign secure channel data (when possible)' is set to 'Enabled'
- 2.3.6.4 Ensure 'Domain member: Disable machine account password changes' is set to 'Disabled'
- 2.3.6.5 Ensure 'Domain member: Maximum machine account password age' is set to '30 or fewer days, but not 0'
- 2.3.7.1 Ensure 'Interactive logon: Machine inactivity limit' is set to '900 or fewer second(s), but not 0'
- 2.3.7.2 Configure 'Interactive logon: Message text for users attempting to log on' - Interactive logon: Message text for users attempting to log on
- 2.3.7.3 Configure 'Interactive logon: Message title for users attempting to log on' - Interactive logon: Message title for users attempting to log on
- 2.3.7.4 Ensure 'Interactive logon: Prompt user to change password before expiration' is set to 'between 5 and 14 days' - between 5 and 14 days
- 2.3.8.1 Ensure 'Microsoft network client: Digitally sign communications (always)' is set to 'Enabled'
- 2.3.8.2 Ensure 'Microsoft network client: Digitally sign communications (if server agrees)' is set to 'Enabled'
- 2.3.8.3 Ensure 'Microsoft network client: Send unencrypted password to third-party SMB servers' is set to 'Disabled'
- 2.3.9.1 Ensure 'Microsoft network server: Amount of idle time required before suspending session' is set to '15 or fewer minute(s)'
- 2.3.9.2 Ensure 'Microsoft network server: Digitally sign communications (always)' is set to 'Enabled'
- 2.3.9.3 Ensure 'Microsoft network server: Digitally sign communications (if client agrees)' is set to 'Enabled'
- 2.3.9.4 Ensure 'Microsoft network server: Disconnect clients when logon hours expire' is set to 'Enabled'
- 2.3.9.5 Ensure 'Microsoft network server: Server SPN target name validation level' is set to 'Accept if provided by client' or higher (MS only) - Accept if provided by client or higher
- 9.1.1 Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Domain: Firewall state' is set to 'On (recommended)'
- 9.1.2 Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Domain: Inbound connections' is set to 'Block (default)'
- 9.1.3 Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Domain: Outbound connections' is set to 'Allow (default)'
- 9.1.4 Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Domain: Logging: Name' is set to '%SystemRoot%\System32\logfiles\firewall\domainfw.log' - %SystemRoot%\System32\logfiles\firewall\domainfw.log
- 9.1.5 Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Domain: Logging: Size limit (KB)' is set to '16,384 KB or greater' - 16,384 KB or greater
- 9.1.6 Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Domain: Logging: Log dropped packets' is set to 'Yes' - Yes
- 9.1.7 Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Domain: Logging: Log successful connections' is set to 'Yes' - Yes
- 9.2.1 Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Private: Firewall state' is set to 'On (recommended)'
- 9.2.2 Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Private: Inbound connections' is set to 'Block (default)'
- 9.2.3 Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Private: Outbound connections' is set to 'Allow (default)'
- 9.2.4 Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Private: Logging: Name' is set to '%SystemRoot%\System32\logfiles\firewall\privatefw.log' - %SystemRoot%\System32\logfiles\firewall\privatefw.log
- 9.2.5 Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Private: Logging: Size limit (KB)' is set to '16,384 KB or greater' - 16,384 KB or greater
- 9.2.6 Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Private: Logging: Log dropped packets' is set to 'Yes' - Yes
- 9.2.7 Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Private: Logging: Log successful connections' is set to 'Yes' - Yes
- 9.3.1 Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Public: Firewall state' is set to 'On (recommended)'
- 9.3.2 Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Public: Inbound connections' is set to 'Block (default)'
- 9.3.3 Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Public: Outbound connections' is set to 'Allow (default)'
- 9.3.4 Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Public: Logging: Name' is set to '%SystemRoot%\System32\logfiles\firewall\publicfw.log' - %SystemRoot%\System32\logfiles\firewall\publicfw.log
- 9.3.5 Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Public: Logging: Size limit (KB)' is set to '16,384 KB or greater' - 16,384 KB or greater
- 9.3.6 Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Public: Logging: Log dropped packets' is set to 'Yes' - Yes
- 9.3.7 Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Public: Logging: Log successful connections' is set to 'Yes' - Yes
- CIS_Azure_Compute_Microsoft_Windows_Server_2022_Benchmark_v1.0.0_L1_MS.audit from CIS Azure Compute Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Benchmark
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