CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2016 STIG DC L1 v1.1.0

Audit Details

Name: CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2016 STIG DC L1 v1.1.0

Updated: 12/4/2023

Authority: CIS

Plugin: Windows

Revision: 1.11

Estimated Item Count: 292

File Details

Filename: CIS_Microsoft_Windows_Server_2016_STIG_v1.1.0_L1_DC.audit

Size: 941 kB

MD5: 91100199e30b6da030c53b1117e4c9ec
SHA256: 2300db9c4c3c97c6bdf6a708396eb1d7a13733e39274403f2394cf9083838cbe

Audit Items

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

ACCESS CONTROL

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

ACCESS CONTROL

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

ACCESS CONTROL

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

ACCESS CONTROL, IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

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

ACCESS CONTROL, IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

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

ACCESS CONTROL, IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

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

ACCESS CONTROL

1.2.3 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'

ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

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

ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

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

ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

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

ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

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

ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

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

ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

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

ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

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

ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

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

ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

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

ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

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

ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

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

ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

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

ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

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

ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

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

ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

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

ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

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

ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

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

ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

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

ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

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

ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

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

ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

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

ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

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

ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

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

ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

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

ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

2.2.43 Ensure 'Increase scheduling priority' is set to 'Administrators, Window Manager\Window Manager Group'

ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

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

ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

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

ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

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

ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

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

ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

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

ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

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

ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

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

ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

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

ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

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

ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

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

ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

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

ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

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

ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

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

ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY, MEDIA PROTECTION

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

ACCESS CONTROL

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

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION