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1.137 WN16-CC-000480

Information

Automatically signing in the last interactive user after a system-initiated restart must be disabled.

GROUP ID: V-224956
RULE ID: SV-224956r991591

Windows can be configured to automatically sign the user back in after a Windows Update restart. Some protections are in place to help ensure this is done in a secure fashion; however, disabling this will prevent the caching of credentials for this purpose and also ensure the user is aware of the restart.

Solution

Configure the policy value for

Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Windows Components >> Windows Logon Options >> 'Sign-in last interactive user automatically after a system-initiated restart' to 'Disabled'

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/23093

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-224956r991591_rule, STIG-ID|WN16-CC-000480, Vuln-ID|V-224956

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 35ebc569137f639b8637da7b9bb1442ddf55d8dee84fd138649424735a8eef30