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1.134 WN11-CC-000115

Information

Systems must at least attempt device authentication using certificates.

GROUP ID: V-253377
RULE ID: SV-253377r991589

Using certificates to authenticate devices to the domain provides increased security over passwords. By default systems will attempt to authenticate using certificates and fall back to passwords if the domain controller does not support certificates for devices. This may also be configured to always use certificates for device authentication.

Solution

This requirement is applicable to domain-joined systems, for standalone systems this is NA.

The default behavior for 'Support device authentication using certificate' is 'Automatic'.

To correct this, configured the policy value for

Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> System >> Kerberos >> 'Support device authentication using certificate'

to 'Not Configured or 'Enabled' with either option selected in 'Device authentication behavior using certificate:'.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/27756

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-253377r991589_rule, STIG-ID|WN11-CC-000115, Vuln-ID|V-253377

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 9594e400c8179c4ffd2cc7de28c75f2d07cf9a201e82a7b4f365579da0d21318