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800-53|SC-29(1)

Title

VIRTUALIZATION TECHNIQUES

Description

The organization employs virtualization techniques to support the deployment of a diversity of operating systems and applications that are changed [Assignment: organization-defined frequency].

Supplemental

While frequent changes to operating systems and applications pose configuration management challenges, the changes can result in an increased work factor for adversaries in order to carry out successful cyber attacks. Changing virtual operating systems or applications, as opposed to changing actual operating systems/applications, provide virtual changes that impede attacker success while reducing configuration management efforts. In addition, virtualization techniques can assist organizations in isolating untrustworthy software and/or software of dubious provenance into confined execution environments.

Reference Item Details

Category: SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

Parent Title: HETEROGENEITY

Family: SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

Audit Items

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NamePluginAudit Name
1.230 WN10-SO-000275WindowsCIS Microsoft Windows 10 STIG v1.0.0 CAT II
1.250 WN16-SO-000530WindowsCIS Microsoft Windows Server 2016 STIG v4.0.0 MS CAT II
1.250 WN16-SO-000530WindowsCIS Microsoft Windows Server 2016 STIG v4.0.0 DC CAT II
1.252 WN19-SO-000450WindowsCIS Microsoft Windows Server 2019 STIG v4.0.0 MS CAT II
1.252 WN19-SO-000450WindowsCIS Microsoft Windows Server 2019 STIG v4.0.0 DC CAT II
1.252 WN22-SO-000450WindowsCIS Microsoft Windows Server 2022 STIG v3.0.0 MS CAT II
1.252 WN22-SO-000450WindowsCIS Microsoft Windows Server 2022 STIG v3.0.0 DC CAT II
2.3.17.8 (L1) Ensure 'User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations' is set to 'Enabled'WindowsCIS Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise v4.0.0 L1 BL
2.3.17.8 (L1) Ensure 'User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations' is set to 'Enabled'WindowsCIS Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise v4.0.0 L1 BL NG
2.3.17.8 (L1) Ensure 'User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations' is set to 'Enabled'WindowsCIS Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise v4.0.0 L1 NG
2.3.17.8 (L1) Ensure 'User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations' is set to 'Enabled'WindowsCIS Microsoft Windows Server 2022 v4.0.0 L1 DC
2.3.17.8 (L1) Ensure 'User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations' is set to 'Enabled'WindowsCIS Microsoft Windows 11 Stand-alone v4.0.0 L1 BL
2.3.17.8 (L1) Ensure 'User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations' is set to 'Enabled'WindowsCIS Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Stand-alone v1.0.0 L1 MS
2.3.17.8 (L1) Ensure 'User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations' is set to 'Enabled'WindowsCIS Azure Compute Microsoft Windows Server 2019 v1.0.0 L1 DC
2.3.17.8 (L1) Ensure 'User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations' is set to 'Enabled'WindowsCIS Azure Compute Microsoft Windows Server 2019 v1.0.0 L1 MS
2.3.17.8 (L1) Ensure 'User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations' is set to 'Enabled'WindowsCIS Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Member Server Level 1 v3.3.1
2.3.17.8 (L1) Ensure 'User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations' is set to 'Enabled'WindowsCIS Microsoft Windows 11 Enterprise v4.0.0 L1 BitLocker
2.3.17.8 (L1) Ensure 'User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations' is set to 'Enabled'WindowsCIS Microsoft Windows 10 Stand-alone v4.0.0 L1 BL NG
2.3.17.8 (L1) Ensure 'User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations' is set to 'Enabled'WindowsCIS Microsoft Windows Server 2019 v4.0.0 L1 DC
2.3.17.8 (L1) Ensure 'User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations' is set to 'Enabled'WindowsCIS Microsoft Windows 10 Stand-alone v4.0.0 L1
2.3.17.8 (L1) Ensure 'User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations' is set to 'Enabled'WindowsCIS Microsoft Windows Server 2016 v4.0.0 L1 DC
2.3.17.8 (L1) Ensure 'User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations' is set to 'Enabled'WindowsCIS Microsoft Windows Server 2016 v4.0.0 L1 MS
2.3.17.8 (L1) Ensure 'User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations' is set to 'Enabled'WindowsCIS Windows Server 2012 DC L1 v3.0.0
2.3.17.8 (L1) Ensure 'User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations' is set to 'Enabled'WindowsCIS Windows Server 2012 MS L1 v3.0.0
2.3.17.8 (L1) Ensure 'User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations' is set to 'Enabled'WindowsCIS Windows Server 2012 R2 MS L1 v3.0.0
2.3.17.8 (L1) Ensure 'User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations' is set to 'Enabled'WindowsCIS Microsoft Windows 11 Enterprise v4.0.0 L1
2.3.17.8 (L1) Ensure 'User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations' is set to 'Enabled'WindowsCIS Microsoft Windows 11 Stand-alone v4.0.0 L1
2.3.17.8 (L1) Ensure 'User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations' is set to 'Enabled'WindowsCIS Windows Server 2012 R2 DC L1 v3.0.0
2.3.17.8 (L1) Ensure 'User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations' is set to 'Enabled'WindowsCIS Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Member Server Level 1 v3.3.1
2.3.17.8 (L1) Ensure 'User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations' is set to 'Enabled'WindowsCIS Microsoft Windows 10 EMS Gateway v3.0.0 L1
2.3.17.8 (L1) Ensure 'User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations' is set to 'Enabled'WindowsCIS Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Domain Controller Level 1 v3.3.1
2.3.17.8 (L1) Ensure 'User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations' is set to 'Enabled'WindowsCIS Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Stand-alone v3.0.0 L1 MS
2.3.17.8 (L1) Ensure 'User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations' is set to 'Enabled'WindowsCIS Microsoft Windows Server 2019 v4.0.0 L1 MS
2.3.17.8 (L1) Ensure 'User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations' is set to 'Enabled'WindowsCIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 L1 DC
2.3.17.8 (L1) Ensure 'User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations' is set to 'Enabled'WindowsCIS Microsoft Windows 10 Stand-alone v4.0.0 L1 BL
2.3.17.8 (L1) Ensure 'User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations' is set to 'Enabled'WindowsCIS Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise v4.0.0 L1
2.3.17.8 (L1) Ensure 'User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations' is set to 'Enabled'WindowsCIS Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller Level 1 v3.3.1
2.3.17.8 (L1) Ensure 'User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations' is set to 'Enabled'WindowsCIS Microsoft Windows Server 2022 v4.0.0 L1 MS
2.3.17.8 (L1) Ensure 'User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations' is set to 'Enabled'WindowsCIS Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v1.0.0 L1 MS
2.3.17.8 (L1) Ensure 'User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations' is set to 'Enabled'WindowsCIS Microsoft Windows 10 Stand-alone v4.0.0 L1 NG
2.3.17.8 Ensure 'User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations' is set to 'Enabled'WindowsCIS Azure Compute Microsoft Windows Server 2022 v1.0.0 L1 DC
2.3.17.8 Ensure 'User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations' is set to 'Enabled'WindowsCIS Azure Compute Microsoft Windows Server 2022 v1.0.0 L1 MS
2.3.17.8 Ensure 'User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations' is set to 'Enabled'WindowsCIS Windows 7 Workstation Level 1 + Bitlocker v3.2.0
2.3.17.8 Ensure 'User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations' is set to 'Enabled'WindowsCIS Windows 7 Workstation Level 1 v3.2.0
31 - Starting with Security ManagerUnixTNS Best Practice Jetty 9 Linux
49.35 (L1) Ensure 'User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations' is set to 'Enabled'WindowsCIS Microsoft Intune for Windows 10 v4.0.0 L1
49.35 (L1) Ensure 'User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations' is set to 'Enabled'WindowsCIS Microsoft Intune for Windows 11 v4.0.0 L1
User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locationsWindowsMSCT Windows 10 v1507 v1.0.0
User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locationsWindowsMSCT Windows 10 1803 v1.0.0
User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locationsWindowsMSCT Windows 10 1809 v1.0.0