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CIS Microsoft Windows 8.1 v2.4.0 L1

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Audit Details

Name: CIS Microsoft Windows 8.1 v2.4.0 L1

Updated: 10/6/2023

Authority: CIS

Plugin: Windows

Revision: 1.13

Estimated Item Count: 348

File Details

Filename: CIS_MS_Windows_8.1_v2.4.0_Level_1.audit

Size: 728 kB

MD5: d94a4ebc18a5e01d62787a96b83d2c79
SHA256: 3d1f990541531ad90bbffa322b7beb83f7fca9beb6a2cac0703d452d8b2e713b

Audit Items

DescriptionCategories
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 '60 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'
1.2.1 (L1) Ensure 'Account lockout duration' is set to '15 or more minute(s)'
1.2.2 (L1) Ensure 'Account lockout threshold' is set to '10 or fewer invalid logon attempt(s), but not 0'
1.2.3 (L1) Ensure 'Reset account lockout counter after' is set to '15 or more minute(s)'
2.2.1 (L1) Ensure 'Access Credential Manager as a trusted caller' is set to 'No One'
2.2.2 (L1) Ensure 'Access this computer from the network' is set to 'Administrators, Remote Desktop Users'
2.2.3 (L1) Ensure 'Act as part of the operating system' is set to 'No One'
2.2.4 (L1) Ensure 'Adjust memory quotas for a process' is set to 'Administrators, LOCAL SERVICE, NETWORK SERVICE'
2.2.5 (L1) Ensure 'Allow log on locally' is set to 'Administrators, Users'
2.2.6 (L1) Ensure 'Allow log on through Remote Desktop Services' is set to 'Administrators, Remote Desktop Users'
2.2.7 (L1) Ensure 'Back up files and directories' is set to 'Administrators'
2.2.8 (L1) Ensure 'Change the system time' is set to 'Administrators, LOCAL SERVICE'
2.2.9 (L1) Ensure 'Change the time zone' is set to 'Administrators, LOCAL SERVICE, Users'
2.2.10 (L1) Ensure 'Create a pagefile' is set to 'Administrators'
2.2.11 (L1) Ensure 'Create a token object' is set to 'No One'
2.2.12 (L1) Ensure 'Create global objects' is set to 'Administrators, LOCAL SERVICE, NETWORK SERVICE, SERVICE'
2.2.13 (L1) Ensure 'Create permanent shared objects' is set to 'No One'
2.2.14 (L1) Configure 'Create symbolic links'
2.2.15 (L1) Ensure 'Debug programs' is set to 'Administrators'
2.2.16 (L1) Ensure 'Deny access to this computer from the network' to include 'Guests, Local account'
2.2.17 (L1) Ensure 'Deny log on as a batch job' to include 'Guests'
2.2.18 (L1) Ensure 'Deny log on as a service' to include 'Guests'
2.2.19 (L1) Ensure 'Deny log on locally' to include 'Guests'
2.2.20 (L1) Ensure 'Deny log on through Remote Desktop Services' to include 'Guests, Local account'
2.2.21 (L1) Ensure 'Enable computer and user accounts to be trusted for delegation' is set to 'No One'
2.2.22 (L1) Ensure 'Force shutdown from a remote system' is set to 'Administrators'
2.2.23 (L1) Ensure 'Generate security audits' is set to 'LOCAL SERVICE, NETWORK SERVICE'
2.2.24 (L1) Ensure 'Impersonate a client after authentication' is set to 'Administrators, LOCAL SERVICE, NETWORK SERVICE, SERVICE'
2.2.25 (L1) Ensure 'Increase scheduling priority' is set to 'Administrators'
2.2.25 (L1) Ensure 'Increase scheduling priority' is set to 'Administrators' - Window Manager\Window Manager Group'
2.2.26 (L1) Ensure 'Load and unload device drivers' is set to 'Administrators'
2.2.27 (L1) Ensure 'Lock pages in memory' is set to 'No One'
2.2.30 (L1) Ensure 'Manage auditing and security log' is set to 'Administrators'
2.2.31 (L1) Ensure 'Modify an object label' is set to 'No One'
2.2.32 (L1) Ensure 'Modify firmware environment values' is set to 'Administrators'
2.2.33 (L1) Ensure 'Perform volume maintenance tasks' is set to 'Administrators'
2.2.34 (L1) Ensure 'Profile single process' is set to 'Administrators'
2.2.35 (L1) Ensure 'Profile system performance' is set to 'Administrators, NT SERVICE\WdiServiceHost'
2.2.36 (L1) Ensure 'Replace a process level token' is set to 'LOCAL SERVICE, NETWORK SERVICE'
2.2.37 (L1) Ensure 'Restore files and directories' is set to 'Administrators'
2.2.38 (L1) Ensure 'Shut down the system' is set to 'Administrators, Users'
2.2.39 (L1) Ensure 'Take ownership of files or other objects' is set to 'Administrators'
2.3.1.1 (L1) Ensure 'Accounts: Administrator account status' is set to 'Disabled'
2.3.1.2 (L1) Ensure 'Accounts: Block Microsoft accounts' is set to 'Users can't add or log on with Microsoft accounts'
2.3.1.3 (L1) Ensure 'Accounts: Guest account status' is set to 'Disabled'