2.2.11 (L1) Ensure 'Back up files and directories' is set to 'Administrators' | CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 L1 DC | Windows | ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY |
2.2.28 (L1) Ensure 'Enable computer and user accounts to be trusted for delegation' is set to 'Administrators' (DC only) | CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 L1 DC | Windows | ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY |
2.2.34 (L1) Ensure 'Increase scheduling priority' is set to 'Administrators, Window Manager\Window Manager Group' | CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 L1 DC | Windows | ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY |
2.3.5.1 (L1) Ensure 'Domain controller: Allow server operators to schedule tasks' is set to 'Disabled' (DC only) | CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 L1 DC | Windows | ACCESS CONTROL |
2.3.6.1 (L1) Ensure 'Domain member: Digitally encrypt or sign secure channel data (always)' is set to 'Enabled' | CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 L1 DC | Windows | ACCESS CONTROL, IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION |
2.3.10.6 (L1) Ensure 'Network access: Named Pipes that can be accessed anonymously' is configured (DC only) | CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 L1 DC | Windows | IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION |
2.3.11.1 (L1) Ensure 'Network security: Allow Local System to use computer identity for NTLM' is set to 'Enabled' | CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 L1 DC | Windows | IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION |
2.3.15.2 (L1) Ensure 'System objects: Strengthen default permissions of internal system objects (e.g. Symbolic Links)' is set to 'Enabled' | CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 L1 DC | Windows | CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, SYSTEM AND SERVICES ACQUISITION |
2.3.17.4 (L1) Ensure 'User Account Control: Detect application installations and prompt for elevation' is set to 'Enabled' | CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 L1 DC | Windows | ACCESS CONTROL |
2.3.17.5 (L1) Ensure 'User Account Control: Only elevate UIAccess applications that are installed in secure locations' is set to 'Enabled' | CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 L1 DC | Windows | ACCESS CONTROL |
2.3.17.7 (L1) Ensure 'User Account Control: Switch to the secure desktop when prompting for elevation' is set to 'Enabled' | CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 L1 DC | Windows | ACCESS CONTROL |
9.1.1 (L1) Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Domain: Firewall state' is set to 'On (recommended)' | CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 L1 DC | Windows | SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION |
9.1.2 (L1) Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Domain: Inbound connections' is set to 'Block (default)' | CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 L1 DC | Windows | SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION |
9.3.2 (L1) Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Public: Inbound connections' is set to 'Block (default)' | CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 L1 DC | Windows | SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION |
9.3.4 (L1) Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Public: Settings: Apply local firewall rules' is set to 'No' | CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 L1 DC | Windows | SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION |
9.3.7 (L1) Ensure 'Windows Firewall: Public: Logging: Size limit (KB)' is set to '16,384 KB or greater' | CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 L1 DC | Windows | SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION |
18.4.6 (L1) Ensure 'NetBT NodeType configuration' is set to 'Enabled: P-node (recommended)' | CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 L1 DC | Windows | CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, SYSTEM AND SERVICES ACQUISITION |
18.5.10 (L2) Ensure 'MSS: (TcpMaxDataRetransmissions IPv6) How many times unacknowledged data is retransmitted' is set to 'Enabled: 3' | CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 L2 DC | Windows | ACCESS CONTROL, CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT |
18.5.12 (L1) Ensure 'MSS: (WarningLevel) Percentage threshold for the security event log at which the system will generate a warning' is set to 'Enabled: 90% or less' | CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 L1 DC | Windows | AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY |
18.6.4.4 (L1) Ensure 'Turn off multicast name resolution' is set to 'Enabled' | CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 L1 DC | Windows | CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT |
18.6.7.2 (L1) Ensure 'Audit client does not support signing' is set to 'Enabled' | CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 L1 DC | Windows | AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY |
18.6.7.4 (L1) Ensure 'Enable authentication rate limiter' is set to 'Enabled' | CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 L1 DC | Windows | SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION |
18.6.7.7 (L1) Ensure 'Set authentication rate limiter delay (milliseconds)' is set to 'Enabled: 2000' or more | CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 L1 DC | Windows | SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION |
18.6.20.1 (L2) Ensure 'Configuration of wireless settings using Windows Connect Now' is set to 'Disabled' | CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 L2 DC | Windows | CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT |
18.6.21.1 (L1) Ensure 'Minimize the number of simultaneous connections to the Internet or a Windows Domain' is set to 'Enabled: 3 = Prevent Wi-Fi when on Ethernet' | CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 L1 DC | Windows | CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, SYSTEM AND SERVICES ACQUISITION |
18.7.1 (L1) Ensure 'Allow Print Spooler to accept client connections' is set to 'Disabled' | CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 L1 DC | Windows | CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, SYSTEM AND SERVICES ACQUISITION |
18.7.3 (L1) Ensure 'Configure RPC connection settings: Protocol to use for outgoing RPC connections' is set to 'Enabled: RPC over TCP' | CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 L1 DC | Windows | CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT |
18.7.4 (L1) Ensure 'Configure RPC connection settings: Use authentication for outgoing RPC connections' is set to 'Enabled: Default' | CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 L1 DC | Windows | CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT |
18.7.6 (L1) Ensure 'Configure RPC listener settings: Authentication protocol to use for incoming RPC connections:' is set to 'Enabled: Negotiate' or higher | CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 L1 DC | Windows | IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION |
18.9.5.1 (NG) Ensure 'Turn On Virtualization Based Security' is set to 'Enabled' | CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 NG DC | Windows | SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY |
18.9.5.4 (NG) Ensure 'Turn On Virtualization Based Security: Require UEFI Memory Attributes Table' is set to 'True (checked)' | CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 NG DC | Windows | SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY |
18.9.5.7 (NG) Ensure 'Turn On Virtualization Based Security: Secure Launch Configuration' is set to 'Enabled' | CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 NG DC | Windows | SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY |
18.9.13.1 (L1) Ensure 'Boot-Start Driver Initialization Policy' is set to 'Enabled: Good, unknown and bad but critical' | CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 L1 DC | Windows | SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY |
18.9.19.3 (L1) Ensure 'Configure registry policy processing: Process even if the Group Policy objects have not changed' is set to 'Enabled: TRUE' | CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 L1 DC | Windows | CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, SYSTEM AND SERVICES ACQUISITION |
18.9.20.1.9 (L2) Ensure 'Turn off the 'Order Prints' picture task' is set to 'Enabled' | CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 L2 DC | Windows | CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT |
18.9.28.1 (L1) Ensure 'Block user from showing account details on sign-in' is set to 'Enabled' | CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 L1 DC | Windows | CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, SYSTEM AND SERVICES ACQUISITION |
18.9.28.2 (L1) Ensure 'Do not display network selection UI' is set to 'Enabled' | CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 L1 DC | Windows | ACCESS CONTROL |
18.9.28.5 (L1) Ensure 'Turn off app notifications on the lock screen' is set to 'Enabled' | CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 L1 DC | Windows | CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT |
18.9.31.2 (L2) Ensure 'Allow upload of User Activities' is set to 'Disabled' | CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 L2 DC | Windows | CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT |
18.9.39.2 (L1) Ensure 'Configure SAM change password RPC methods policy' is set to 'Enabled: Allow strong encryption change password RPC method only' (DC only) | CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 L1 DC | Windows | IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION |
18.9.47.5.1 (L2) Ensure 'Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool: Turn on MSDT interactive communication with support provider' is set to 'Disabled' | CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 L2 DC | Windows | CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT |
18.9.49.1 (L2) Ensure 'Turn off the advertising ID' is set to 'Enabled' | CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 L2 DC | Windows | CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT |
18.10.4.1 (L2) Ensure 'Allow a Windows app to share application data between users' is set to 'Disabled' | CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 L2 DC | Windows | ACCESS CONTROL |
18.10.43.12.1 (L2) Ensure 'Configure Watson events' is set to 'Disabled' | CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 L2 DC | Windows | SECURITY ASSESSMENT AND AUTHORIZATION |
18.10.56.1 (L2) Ensure 'Turn off Push To Install service' is set to 'Enabled' | CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 L2 DC | Windows | CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT |
18.10.57.3.3.8 (L2) Ensure 'Restrict clipboard transfer from server to client' is set to 'Enabled: Disable clipboard transfers from server to client' | CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 L2 DC | Windows | CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT |
18.10.57.3.10.1 (L2) Ensure 'Set time limit for active but idle Remote Desktop Services sessions' is set to 'Enabled: 15 minutes or less, but not Never (0)' | CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 L2 DC | Windows | ACCESS CONTROL |
18.10.89.1.3 (L1) Ensure 'Disallow Digest authentication' is set to 'Enabled' | CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 L1 DC | Windows | ACCESS CONTROL, IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION |
18.10.93.4.3 (L1) Ensure 'Select when Quality Updates are received' is set to 'Enabled: 0 days' | CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 L1 DC | Windows | RISK ASSESSMENT, SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY |
19.7.46.2.1 (L2) Ensure 'Prevent Codec Download' is set to 'Enabled' | CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 L2 DC | Windows | CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT |