Detections
Analytics

82.40 Ensure 'Xbox Live Networking Service (XboxNetApiSvc)' is set to 'Disabled'

Information

This service supports the Windows.Networking.XboxLive application programming interface.

The recommended state for this setting is: Disabled.

Xbox Live is a gaming service and has no place in an enterprise managed environment (perhaps unless it is a gaming company).

Solution

To establish the recommended configuration via configuration profiles, set the following Settings Catalog path to Disabled.

System Services\Xbox Live Networking Service

Impact:

Connections to Xbox Live may fail and applications that interact with that service may also fail.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/27282

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6, 800-53|CM-7, CSCv7|9.2

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 5c3c7a3c2289fcf3e4df43a4a5aedfe52e53cf446e18a2977b8ec24e0353cf70