Detections
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WN08-00-000008 - The site must have a contingency for emergency administration of the system.
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The built-in administrator account, as a well known account subject to attack, is disabled by default and per STIG requirements. Domain administrative accounts on domain-joined systems should provide sufficient availability for administering a system. A site with limited administrators must ensure they have a contingency for administering a non-domain system.NOTE: Nessus has not performed this check. Please review the benchmark to ensure target compliance.
Solution
Create a contingency plan for administering a system. Document any emergency administrator account with the ISSO and store the account information in a secure location.See Also
https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_Windows_8_and_8-1_V1R23_STIG.zip
Item Details
Audit Name: DISA Windows 8/8.1 STIG v1r23
References: CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-48165r2_rule, STIG-ID|WN08-00-000008, Vuln-ID|V-14224
Plugin: Windows
Control ID: 51377f0c5ac490b7d55a95599f87b1cc7029f38bb794e2e073e2d9d8a5f5540f