Accounts: Guest account status

Information

Accounts: Guest account status

This security setting determines if the Guest account is enabled or disabled.

Default: Disabled.

Note: If the Guest account is disabled and the security option Network Access: Sharing and Security Model for local accounts is set to Guest Only, network logons, such as those performed by the Microsoft Network Server (SMB Service), will fail.

Solution

Policy Path: Security Options
Policy Setting Name: Accounts: Guest account status

See Also

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-security-baselines/security-baseline-final-for-windows-10-v1809-and-windows-server/ba-p/701082/

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-2, CSCv6|16, CSCv6|16.1

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 401e8b8c817f9de77b50750d16ef74c823848a397b9171f861892dcddf8253c8