Detections
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1.190 WN10-SO-000020

Information

The built-in administrator account must be renamed.

GROUP ID: V-220911
RULE ID: SV-220911r991589

The built-in administrator account is a well-known account subject to attack. Renaming this account to an unidentified name improves the protection of this account and the system.

Solution

Configure the policy value for

Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> Security Options >> 'Accounts: Rename administrator account'

to a name other than 'Administrator'.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/23869

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-220911r991589_rule, STIG-ID|WN10-SO-000020, Vuln-ID|V-220911

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 9148fda4cff10fff8771663b5edd1905e29ca2ef1102563e303083a32d12820f