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WN16-CC-000555 - Windows Server 2016 must have PowerShell Transcription enabled.

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Information

Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, and analyze compromises that have occurred, as well as detect attacks. Audit logs are necessary to provide a trail of evidence in case the system or network is compromised. Collecting this data is essential for analyzing the security of information assets and detecting signs of suspicious and unexpected behavior.

Enabling PowerShell Transcription will record detailed information from the processing of PowerShell commands and scripts. This can provide additional detail when malware has run on a system.

Solution

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Windows Components >> Windows PowerShell >> 'Turn on PowerShell Transcription' to 'Enabled'.

Specify the Transcript output directory to point to a Central Log Server or another secure location to prevent user access.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_Windows_Server_2016_V2R7_STIG.zip

Item Details

References: CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000134, Rule-ID|SV-257502r921892_rule, STIG-ID|WN16-CC-000555, Vuln-ID|V-257502

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 240aca4612e5320d7decdb5e459d2252b0c357f448ec23b0ec62ab24ad9802c7