CIS Windows Server 2012 DC L1 v3.0.0

Audit Details

Name: CIS Windows Server 2012 DC L1 v3.0.0

Updated: 3/5/2024

Authority: CIS

Plugin: Windows

Revision: 1.0

Estimated Item Count: 283

File Details

Filename: CIS_DC_SERVER_2012_Level_1_v3.0.0.audit

Size: 815 kB

MD5: 9e86b67998e5243d7afa58d658d752c4
SHA256: 31989e91e690987788f917d256e9c2335a5724e2e5e0c95efce07d7e373333d6

Audit Items

DescriptionCategories
1.1.1 Ensure 'Enforce password history' is set to '24 or more password(s)'

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

1.1.2 Ensure 'Maximum password age' is set to '365 or fewer days, but not 0'

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

1.1.3 Ensure 'Minimum password age' is set to '1 or more day(s)'

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

1.1.4 Ensure 'Minimum password length' is set to '14 or more character(s)'

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

1.1.5 Ensure 'Password must meet complexity requirements' is set to 'Enabled'

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

1.1.6 Ensure 'Store passwords using reversible encryption' is set to 'Disabled'

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

1.2.1 Ensure 'Account lockout duration' is set to '15 or more minute(s)'

ACCESS CONTROL

1.2.2 Ensure 'Account lockout threshold' is set to '5 or fewer invalid logon attempt(s), but not 0'

ACCESS CONTROL

1.2.4 Ensure 'Reset account lockout counter after' is set to '15 or more minute(s)'

ACCESS CONTROL

2.2.1 Ensure 'Access Credential Manager as a trusted caller' is set to 'No One'

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

2.2.2 Ensure 'Access this computer from the network' is set to 'Administrators, Authenticated Users, ENTERPRISE DOMAIN CONTROLLERS' (DC only)

SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

2.2.4 Ensure 'Act as part of the operating system' is set to 'No One'

ACCESS CONTROL

2.2.5 Ensure 'Add workstations to domain' is set to 'Administrators' (DC only)

ACCESS CONTROL

2.2.6 Ensure 'Adjust memory quotas for a process' is set to 'Administrators, LOCAL SERVICE, NETWORK SERVICE'

ACCESS CONTROL

2.2.7 Ensure 'Allow log on locally' is set to 'Administrators'

ACCESS CONTROL

2.2.8 Ensure 'Allow log on through Remote Desktop Services' is set to 'Administrators' (DC only)

ACCESS CONTROL

2.2.10 Ensure 'Back up files and directories' is set to 'Administrators'

ACCESS CONTROL

2.2.11 Ensure 'Change the system time' is set to 'Administrators, LOCAL SERVICE'

ACCESS CONTROL

2.2.12 Ensure 'Change the time zone' is set to 'Administrators, LOCAL SERVICE'

ACCESS CONTROL

2.2.13 Ensure 'Create a pagefile' is set to 'Administrators'

ACCESS CONTROL

2.2.14 Ensure 'Create a token object' is set to 'No One'

ACCESS CONTROL

2.2.15 Ensure 'Create global objects' is set to 'Administrators, LOCAL SERVICE, NETWORK SERVICE, SERVICE'

ACCESS CONTROL

2.2.16 Ensure 'Create permanent shared objects' is set to 'No One'

ACCESS CONTROL

2.2.17 Ensure 'Create symbolic links' is set to 'Administrators' (DC only)

ACCESS CONTROL

2.2.19 Ensure 'Debug programs' is set to 'Administrators'

SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

2.2.20 Ensure 'Deny access to this computer from the network' to include 'Guests' (DC only)

ACCESS CONTROL

2.2.22 Ensure 'Deny log on as a batch job' to include 'Guests'

ACCESS CONTROL

2.2.23 Ensure 'Deny log on as a service' to include 'Guests'

ACCESS CONTROL

2.2.24 Ensure 'Deny log on locally' to include 'Guests'

ACCESS CONTROL

2.2.25 Ensure 'Deny log on through Remote Desktop Services' to include 'Guests' (DC only)

ACCESS CONTROL

2.2.27 Ensure 'Enable computer and user accounts to be trusted for delegation' is set to 'Administrators' (DC only)

ACCESS CONTROL

2.2.29 Ensure 'Force shutdown from a remote system' is set to 'Administrators'

ACCESS CONTROL

2.2.30 Ensure 'Generate security audits' is set to 'LOCAL SERVICE, NETWORK SERVICE'

ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

2.2.31 Ensure 'Impersonate a client after authentication' is set to 'Administrators, LOCAL SERVICE, NETWORK SERVICE, SERVICE' (DC only)

ACCESS CONTROL

2.2.33 Ensure 'Increase scheduling priority' is set to 'Administrators'

ACCESS CONTROL

2.2.34 Ensure 'Load and unload device drivers' is set to 'Administrators'

ACCESS CONTROL

2.2.35 Ensure 'Lock pages in memory' is set to 'No One'

ACCESS CONTROL

2.2.37 Ensure 'Manage auditing and security log' is set to 'Administrators' and (when Exchange is running in the environment) 'Exchange Servers' (DC only)

ACCESS CONTROL

2.2.39 Ensure 'Modify an object label' is set to 'No One'

ACCESS CONTROL

2.2.40 Ensure 'Modify firmware environment values' is set to 'Administrators'

ACCESS CONTROL

2.2.41 Ensure 'Perform volume maintenance tasks' is set to 'Administrators'

ACCESS CONTROL

2.2.42 Ensure 'Profile single process' is set to 'Administrators'

ACCESS CONTROL

2.2.43 Ensure 'Profile system performance' is set to 'Administrators, NT SERVICE\WdiServiceHost'

ACCESS CONTROL

2.2.44 Ensure 'Replace a process level token' is set to 'LOCAL SERVICE, NETWORK SERVICE'

ACCESS CONTROL

2.2.45 Ensure 'Restore files and directories' is set to 'Administrators'

ACCESS CONTROL

2.2.46 Ensure 'Shut down the system' is set to 'Administrators'

ACCESS CONTROL

2.2.47 Ensure 'Synchronize directory service data' is set to 'No One' (DC only)

ACCESS CONTROL

2.2.48 Ensure 'Take ownership of files or other objects' is set to 'Administrators'

ACCESS CONTROL

2.3.1.1 Ensure 'Accounts: Block Microsoft accounts' is set to 'Users can't add or log on with Microsoft accounts'

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

2.3.1.3 Ensure 'Accounts: Limit local account use of blank passwords to console logon only' is set to 'Enabled'

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION