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

800-53|AC-2(1)

CSCv7|16.2

1.1.2 Ensure 'Maximum password age' is set to '60 or fewer days, but not 0'

800-53|AC-2(3)

CSCv7|16.10

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

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

800-53|IA-5(1)

CSCv7|4.4

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

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

800-53|SC-28

800-53|SC-28(1)

CSCv7|16.4

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

800-53|AC-7

800-53|AC-19

1.2.2 Ensure 'Account lockout threshold' is set to '3 or fewer invalid logon attempt(s), but not 0'

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

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

800-53|AC-2

800-53|AC-3

800-53|AC-6

800-53|AC-6(1)

800-53|AC-6(7)

800-53|AU-9(4)

CSCv7|4.8

2.2.3 Ensure 'Access this computer from the network' is set to 'Administrators, Authenticated Users' (MS only) - Administrators, Authenticated Users

CSCv7|9.2

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

CSCv7|5.1

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

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

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'

2.2.19 Ensure 'Create symbolic links' is set to 'Administrators' (STIG MS and DC only)

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

CSCv7|18.2

2.2.23 Ensure 'Deny access to this computer from the network' to include 'Guests, member of Administrators group, Enterprise Admins Group, and Domain Admins Group' (STIG MS only)

2.2.25 Ensure 'Deny log on as a batch job' to include 'Guests, Enterprise Admins group, and Domain Admins group' (STIG MS only)

2.2.28 Ensure 'Deny log on as a service' to include 'Enterprise Admins group and Domain Admins Group' (STIG MS only)

2.2.31 Ensure 'Deny log on locally' to include 'Guests, Enterprise Admins group, and Domain Admins group' (STIG MS only)

2.2.35 Ensure 'Deny log on through Remote Desktop Services' is set to 'Guests, Local account, Enterprise Admins group, and Domain Admins group' (STIG MS only)

2.2.37 Ensure 'Enable computer and user accounts to be trusted for delegation' is set to 'No One' (MS only)

CSCv7|4.1

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

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

800-53|AU-2

800-53|AU-7

800-53|AU-12

CSCv7|6.2

2.2.42 Ensure 'Impersonate a client after authentication' is set to 'Administrators, LOCAL SERVICE, NETWORK SERVICE, SERVICE'

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

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

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

2.2.50 Ensure 'Manage auditing and security log' is set to 'Administrators' (MS only)

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

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

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

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

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

800-53|AC-5

800-53|MP-2

CSCv7|14.6

2.3.1.4 Ensure 'Accounts: Guest account status' is set to 'Disabled'

800-53|IA-5

CSCv7|16.8

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

2.3.1.6 Configure 'Accounts: Rename administrator account'

800-53|CM-1

800-53|CM-2

800-53|CM-6

800-53|CM-7

800-53|CM-7(1)

800-53|CM-9

800-53|SA-3

800-53|SA-8

800-53|SA-10

2.3.1.7 Configure 'Accounts: Rename guest account'

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'

800-53|AU-3

800-53|AU-3(1)

CSCv7|6.3

2.3.6.1 Ensure 'Domain member: Digitally encrypt or sign secure channel data (always)' is set to 'Enabled'

800-53|AC-17(2)

800-53|SC-8

800-53|SC-8(1)

CSCv7|14.4

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'

2.3.6.6 Ensure 'Domain member: Require strong (Windows 2000 or later) session key' is set to 'Enabled'

2.3.7.2 Ensure 'Interactive logon: Machine inactivity limit' is set to '900 or fewer second(s), but not 0'

800-53|AC-2(5)

800-53|AC-11

800-53|AC-11(1)

800-53|AC-12

CSCv7|16.11

2.3.7.3 Configure 'Interactive logon: Message text for users attempting to log on'

2.3.7.4 Configure 'Interactive logon: Message title for users attempting to log on'

2.3.7.5 Ensure 'Interactive logon: Number of previous logons to cache (in case domain controller is not available)' is set to '4 or fewer logon(s)' (MS only)

2.3.7.8 Ensure 'Interactive logon: Smart card removal behavior' is set to 'Lock Workstation or Force Logoff'

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'

2.3.9.2 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'

2.3.10.1 Ensure 'Network access: Allow anonymous SID/Name translation' is set to 'Disabled'

2.3.10.3 Ensure 'Network access: Do not allow anonymous enumeration of SAM accounts' is set to 'Enabled'

2.3.10.5 Ensure 'Network access: Do not allow anonymous enumeration of SAM accounts and shares' is set to 'Enabled'

2.3.10.7 Ensure 'Network access: Let Everyone permissions apply to anonymous users' is set to 'Disabled'

2.3.10.12 Ensure 'Network access: Restrict anonymous access to Named Pipes and Shares' is set to 'Enabled'

2.3.10.13 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

2.3.11.1 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'

CSCv7|18.5

2.3.11.5 Ensure 'Network security: Do not store LAN Manager hash value on next password change' is set to 'Enabled'

2.3.11.7 Ensure 'Network security: LAN Manager authentication level' is set to 'Send NTLMv2 response only. Refuse LM & NTLM'

2.3.11.8 Ensure 'Network security: LDAP client signing requirements' is set to 'Negotiate signing' or higher

CSCv7|12.5

2.3.11.9 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'

2.3.11.10 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'

2.3.14.1 Ensure 'System cryptography: Use FIPS compliant algorithms for encryption, hashing, and signing' is set to 'Enabled'

2.3.14.2 Ensure 'System cryptography: Force strong key protection for user keys stored on the computer' is set to 'User must enter a password each time they use a key'

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'

800-53|AC-6(2)

800-53|AC-6(5)

CSCv7|4.3

2.3.17.2 Ensure 'User Account Control: Allow UIAccess applications to prompt for elevation without using the secure desktop' is set to 'Disabled'

2.3.17.4 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 or Prompt for credentials on the secure desktop''

2.3.17.5 Ensure 'User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for standard users' is set to 'Automatically deny elevation requests'

2.3.17.6 Ensure 'User Account Control: Detect application installations and prompt for elevation' is set to 'Enabled'

2.3.17.7 Ensure 'User Account Control: Only elevate UIAccess applications that are installed in secure locations' is set to 'Enabled'

2.3.17.8 Ensure 'User Account Control: Run all administrators in Admin Approval Mode' is set to 'Enabled'

2.3.17.10 Ensure 'User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations' is set to 'Enabled'

5.1 Ensure 'Microsoft FTP Service (FTPSVC)' is set to 'Not Installed'

5.2 Ensure 'Peer Name Resolution Protocol (PNRPsvc)' is set to 'Not Installed'

5.3 Ensure 'Simple TCP/IP Services (simptcp)' is set to 'Not Installed'

9.1.1 Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Domain: Firewall state' is set to 'On (recommended)'

800-53|CA-9

800-53|SC-7

800-53|SC-7(5)

CSCv7|9.4

9.1.2 Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Domain: Inbound connections' is set to 'Block (default)'

CSCv7|11.2

9.1.3 Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Domain: Outbound connections' is set to 'Allow (default)'

9.1.6 Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Domain: Logging: Size limit (KB)' is set to '16,384 KB or greater'

9.1.7 Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Domain: Logging: Log dropped packets' is set to 'Yes'

9.1.8 Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Domain: Logging: Log successful connections' is set to '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)'

9.2.6 Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Private: Logging: Size limit (KB)' is set to '16,384 KB or greater'

9.2.7 Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Private: Logging: Log dropped packets' is set to 'Yes'

9.2.8 Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Private: Logging: Log successful connections' is set to 'Yes'

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