Detections
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4.022 - The built-in administrator account has not been renamed.

Information

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

Solution

Configure the system to rename the built-in administrator account.

See Also

http://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/Oct2016/U_Windows_Vista_V6R41_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-28997r1_rule, STIG-ID|4.022, Vuln-ID|V-1115

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: ce796ad7d00a622b6b38e4e5112d14bec5995806d1db46ff47fe544adf333fd2