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CCE-43218-7
Specify the 'Configure time out for detections in critically failed state' (CriticalFailureTimeout in mins Min:0 Max:4294967295) This policy setting configures the time in minutes before a detection in the "critically failed" state to moves to either the "additional action" state or the "cleared" s ... CCE-42402-8 Specify the 'Configure time out for detections in recently remediated state' (RecentlyCleanedTimeout Min:0 Max:4294967295 in Mins) This policy setting configures the time in minutes before a detection in the "completed" state moves to the "cleared" state. Counter Measure: Configure this se ... CCE-44222-8 Specify the 'Configure time out for detections requiring additional action' (in Mins Min:0 Max:4294967295) This policy setting configures the time in minutes before a detection in the "additional action" state moves to the "cleared" state. Counter Measure: Configure this setting depending ... CCE-42852-4 Disable: 'Configure Solicited Remote Assistance' for fAllowToGetHelp This policy setting allows you to turn on or turn off Solicited (Ask for) Remote Assistance on this computer. If you enable this policy setting, users on this computer can use email or file transfer to ask someone for help. Al ... CCE-42788-0 Disable: 'MSS: (TcpMaxDataRetransmissions IPv6) How many times unacknowledged data is retransmitted (3 recommended, 5 is default)' for TcpMaxDataRetransmissions MSS: (TcpMaxDataRetransmissions IPv6) How many times unacknowledged data is retransmitted (3 recommended, 5 is default) Counter Measu ... CCE-42621-3 Deny access to this computer from the network This policy setting prohibits users from connecting to a computer from across the network, which would allow users to access and potentially modify data remotely. In high security environments, there should be no need for remote users to access data on ... CCE-43190-8 'Specify settings for optional component installation and component repair' for LocalSourcePath This policy setting specifies the network locations that will be used for the repair of operating system corruption and for enabling optional features that have had their payload files removed. If yo ... CCE-44133-7 Modify an object label This privilege determines which user accounts can modify the integrity label of objects, such as files, registry keys, or processes owned by other users. Processes running under a user account can modify the label of an object owned by that user to a lower level without this ... CCE-42340-0 'Specify the maximum log file size (KB)' (Security Log) This policy setting specifies the maximum size of the log file in kilobytes. If you enable this policy setting, you can configure the maximum log file size to be between 1 megabyte (1024 kilobytes) and 2 terabytes (2147483647 kilobytes) in ... CCE-43886-1 Deny log on through Remote Desktop Services This policy setting determines whether users can log on as Terminal Services clients. After the baseline member server is joined to a domain environment, there is no need to use local accounts to access the server from the network. Domain accounts can acc ... CCE-43322-7 Bypass traverse checking This policy setting allows users who do not have the Traverse Folder access permission to pass through folders when they browse an object path in the NTFS file system or the registry. This user right does not allow users to list the contents of a folder. When configuring a ... CCE-44298-8 Increase a process working set This privilege determines which user accounts can increase or decrease the size of a process's working set. The working set of a process is the set of memory pages currently visible to the process in physical RAM memory. These pages are resident and available for an a ... CCE-41562-0 Disable: 'Recovery console: Allow floppy copy and access to all drives and all folders' for setcommand This policy setting makes the Recovery Console SET command available, which allows you to set the following recovery console environment variables: - AllowWildCards. Enables wildcard support f ... CCE-43775-6 Disable: 'Network Security: Restrict NTLM: Incoming NTLM traffic' for RestrictReceivingNTLMTraffic This policy setting allows you to deny or allow incoming NTLM traffic. This policy is supported on at least Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2. Note: Block events are recorded on this compute ... CCE-41771-7 Increase scheduling priority This policy setting determines whether users can increase the base priority class of a process. (It is not a privileged operation to increase relative priority within a priority class.) This user right is not required by administrative tools that are supplied with the o ... CCE-42054-7 Disable: 'Reschedule Automatic Updates scheduled installations' This policy setting determines the amount of time before previously scheduled Automatic Update installations will proceed after system startup. If you configure this policy setting to Enabled, a previously scheduled installation will b ... CCE-41750-1 Disable: 'MSS: (TcpMaxDataRetransmissions) How many times unacknowledged data is retransmitted (3 recommended, 5 is default)' for TcpMaxDataRetransmissions MSS: (TcpMaxDataRetransmissions) How many times unacknowledged data is retransmitted (3 recommended, 5 is default) Counter Measure: Co ... CCE-43452-2 Disable: 'Network Security: Restrict NTLM: Outgoing NTLM traffic to remote servers' for RestrictSendingNTLMTraffic This policy setting allows you to deny or audit outgoing NTLM traffic from this Windows 7 or this Windows Server 2008 R2 computer to any Windows remote server. This policy is suppo ... CCE-41830-1 Specify the 'Allow access to BitLocker-protected fixed data drives from earlier versions of Windows' for FDVDiscoveryVolumeType This policy setting configures whether or not fixed data drives formatted with the FAT file system can be unlocked and viewed on computers running Windows Server 2008, Win ... CCE-42860-7 Specify the 'Configure time out for detections in non-critical failed state' (NonCriticalTimeout Min:0 Max:4294967295 in Mins) This policy setting configures the time in minutes before a detection in the "non-critically failed" state moves to the "cleared" state. Counter Measure: Configure ... CCE-41547-1 Disable: 'Network Security: Restrict NTLM: NTLM authentication in this domain' for RestrictNTLMInDomain This policy setting allows you to deny or allow NTLM authentication within a domain from this domain controller. This policy does not affect interactive logon to this domain controller. Coun ... CCE-41647-9 Disable: 'Network Security: Configure encryption types allowed for Kerberos' for SupportedEncryptionTypes This policy setting allows you to set the encryption types that Kerberos is allowed to use. This policy is supported on at least Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2. Counter Measure: ... CCE-42548-8 Disable: 'Do not show feedback notifications' This policy setting allows an organization to prevent its devices from showing feedback questions from Microsoft. If you enable this policy setting, users will no longer see feedback notifications through the Windows Feedback app. If you disable ... CCE-44148-5 Disable: 'Interactive logon: Number of previous logons to cache (in case domain controller is not available)' for cachedlogonscount This policy setting determines whether a user can log on to a Windows domain using cached account information. Logon information for domain accounts can be cached loca ... CCE-44430-7 Select the 'Let Windows apps access trusted devices' to user_is_in_control This policy setting specifies whether Windows apps can access trusted devices. If you choose the "User is in control" option, employees in your organization can decide whether Windows apps can access trusted devices by u ... CCE-43567-7 Select the 'Restrict Unauthenticated RPC clients for RestrictRemoteClients' to none This policy setting controls how the RPC server runtime handles unauthenticated RPC clients connecting to RPC servers. This policy setting impacts all RPC applications. In a domain environment this policy setti ... CCE-42974-6 Disable: 'Network access: Do not allow storage of passwords and credentials for network authentication' for DisableDomainCreds This policy setting determines whether the Stored User Names and Passwords feature may save passwords or credentials for later use when it gains domain authentication. If y ... CCE-43773-1 'Set time limit for active but idle Remote Desktop Services sessions' to never This policy setting allows you to specify the maximum amount of time that an active Remote Desktop Services session can be idle (without user input) before it is automatically disconnected. If you enable this policy ... CCE-44137-8 This policy setting determines whether a domain member should attempt to negotiate encryption for all secure channel traffic that it initiates. If you enable this policy setting, the domain member will request encryption of all secure channel traffic. If you disable this policy setting, the domain m ... CCE-42219-6 Disable: 'MSS: (AutoAdminLogon) Enable Automatic Logon (not recommended)' for AutoAdminLogon MSS: (AutoAdminLogon) Enable Automatic Logon (not recommended) Counter Measure: Do not configure the MSS: (AutoAdminLogon) Enable Automatic Logon (not recommended) entry except on highly secure com ... CCE-42842-5 Disable: 'Network security: Minimum session security for NTLM SSP based (including secure RPC) servers' for NTLMMinServerSec This policy setting determines which behaviors are allowed for applications using the NTLM Security Support Provider (SSP). The SSP Interface (SSPI) is used by applications t ... CCE-42975-3 This policy setting allows you to turn on or turn off Offer (Unsolicited) Remote Assistance on this computer. If you enable this policy setting, users on this computer can get help from their corporate technical support staff using Offer (Unsolicited) Remote Assistance. If you disable this policy ... CCE-42120-6 Disable: 'Interactive logon: Smart card removal behavior' for scremoveoption This policy setting determines what happens when the smart card for a logged-on user is removed from the smart card reader. Counter Measure: Configure the Smart card removal behavior setting to Lock Workstation. ... CCE-41682-6 Disable: 'User Account Control: Switch to the secure desktop when prompting for elevation' for PromptOnSecureDesktop This policy setting controls whether the elevation request prompt is displayed on the interactive user's desktop or the secure desktop. The options are: - Enabled: (Default) ... CCE-41505-9 Disable: 'Network Security: Restrict NTLM: Add server exceptions in this domain' for DCAllowedNTLMServers This policy setting allows you to create an exception list of servers in this domain to which clients are allowed to use NTLM pass-through authentication if the "Network Security: Restrict NTLM ... CCE-44432-3 Select the 'Let Windows apps sync with devices' to user_is_in_control This policy setting specifies whether Windows apps can sync with devices. If you choose the "User is in control" option, employees in your organization can decide whether Windows apps can sync with devices by using Settings & ... CCE-41483-9 Disable: 'Network Security: Restrict NTLM: Add remote server exceptions for NTLM authentication' for ClientAllowedNTLMServers This policy setting allows you to create an exception list of remote servers to which clients are allowed to use NTLM authentication if the "Network Security: Restrict NTLM ... CCE-42327-7 Disable: 'MSS: (NoNameReleaseOnDemand) Allow the computer to ignore NetBIOS name release requests except from WINS servers' for NoNameReleaseOnDemand MSS: (NoNameReleaseOnDemand) Allow the computer to ignore NetBIOS name release requests except from WINS servers Counter Measure: Configure ... CCE-42155-2 'Set time limit for disconnected sessions' to never This policy setting allows you to configure a time limit for disconnected Remote Desktop Services sessions. You can use this policy setting to specify the maximum amount of time that a disconnected session is kept active on the server. By defa ... CCE-43546-1 LAN Manager (LM) is a family of early Microsoft client/server software that allows users to link personal computers together on a single network. Network capabilities include transparent file and print sharing, user security features, and network administration tools. In Active Directory domains, th ... CCE-42437-4 Specify the 'Configure minimum PIN length for startup' (MinimumPIN Length Min:4 Max:20) This policy setting allows you to configure a minimum length for a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) startup PIN. This policy setting is applied when you turn on BitLocker. The startup PIN must have a minimum length ... CCE-42995-1 This policy setting controls the behavior of all User Account Control (UAC) policy settings for the computer. If you change this policy setting, you must restart your computer. The options are: - Enabled: (Default) Admin Approval Mode is enabled. This policy must be enabled and related UAC pol ... CCE-41956-4 Disable: 'Interactive logon: Display user information when the session is locked' for DontDisplayLockedUserId This policy setting determines whether the account name of the last user to log on to the client computers in your organization can display in each computer's respective Windows logon scree ... CCE-44431-5 Select the 'Let Windows apps control radios' to user_is_in_control This policy setting specifies whether Windows apps have access to control radios. If you choose the "User is in control" option, employees in your organization can decide whether Windows apps have access to control radios by usi ... CCE-44257-4 Disable: 'Allow Basic authentication for Windows Remote Management (WinRM) client' This policy setting allows you to manage whether the Windows Remote Management (WinRM) client uses Basic authentication. If you enable this policy setting, the WinRM client will use Basic authentication. If WinRM ... CCE-44049-5 This policy setting controls whether User Interface Accessibility (UIAccess or UIA) programs can automatically disable the secure desktop for elevation prompts used by a standard user. - Enabled: UIA programs, including Windows Remote Assistance, automatically disable the secure desktop for elevati ... CCE-43913-3 This policy setting controls the behavior of application installation detection for the computer. The options are: - Enabled: (Default for home) When an application installation package is detected that requires elevation of privilege, the user is prompted to enter an administrative user name ... CCE-42459-8 Disable: 'System cryptography: Use FIPS compliant algorithms for encryption, hashing, and signing' for Enabled This policy setting determines whether the Transport Layer Security/Secure Sockets Layer (TLS/SSL) Security Provider supports only the TLS_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA cipher suite. Although ... CCE-43453-0 Disable: 'User Account Control: Admin Approval Mode for the Built-in Administrator account' for FilterAdministratorToken This policy setting controls the behavior of Admin Approval Mode for the built-in Administrator account. The options are: - Enabled: The built-in Administrator account us ... CCE-41597-6 When enabled, this policy setting causes Local System services that use Negotiate to use the computer identity when NTLM authentication is selected by the negotiation. This policy is supported on at least Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2. Countermeasure: Configure Network security: Allo ... CCE-42858-1 Disable: 'User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations' This policy setting controls whether application write failures are redirected to defined registry and file system locations. This policy setting mitigates applications that run as administrator and w ... CCE-42075-2 Disable: 'MSS: (ScreenSaverGracePeriod) The time in seconds before the screen saver grace period expires (0 recommended)' for ScreenSaverGracePeriod MSS: (ScreenSaverGracePeriod) The time in seconds before the screen saver grace period expires (0 recommended) Counter Measure: Configure the ... CCE-42264-2 Disable: 'Network access: Sharing and security model for local accounts' for ForceGuest This policy setting determines how network logons that use local accounts are authenticated. The Classic option allows precise control over access to resources, including the ability to assign different types of ... CCE-42495-2 Specify the 'Name of administrator account to manage' Administrator account name: name of the local account you want to manage password for. DO NOT configure when you use built-in admin account. Built-in admin account is auto-detected by well-known SID, even when renamed DO configure wh ... CCE-42362-4 Disable: 'Devices: Prevent users from installing printer drivers' for AddPrinterDrivers It is feasible for a attacker to disguise a Trojan horse program as a printer driver. The program may appear to users as if they must use it to print, but such a program could unleash malicious code on your comp ... CCE-44429-9 Select the 'Let Windows apps access the microphone' to user_is_in_control This policy setting specifies whether Windows apps can access the microphone. If you choose the "User is in control" option, employees in your organization can decide whether Windows apps can access the microphone by usin ... CCE-42109-9 Specify the 'Server Authentication Certificate Template' value This policy setting allows you to specify the name of the certificate template that determines which certificate is automatically selected to authenticate an RD Session Host server. A certificate is needed to authenticate an RD Sess ... CCE-42298-0 Disable: 'Interactive logon: Message title for users attempting to log on' for LegalNoticeCaption Microsoft recommends that you use this setting, if appropriate to your environment and your organization's business requirements, to help protect end user computers. This policy setting allows text to ... CCE-41475-5 Disable: 'Recovery console: Allow automatic administrative logon' for securitylevel The recovery console is a command-line environment that is used to recover from system problems. If you enable this policy setting, the administrator account is automatically logged on to the recovery console when i ... CCE-41707-1 Disable: 'Allow Basic authentication for Windows Remote Management (WinRM) service' This policy setting allows you to manage whether the Windows Remote Management (WinRM) service accepts Basic authentication from a remote client. If you enable this policy setting, the WinRM service will accept ... CCE-42856-5 This policy setting determines whether a domain member can periodically change its computer account password. If you enable this policy setting, the domain member will be prevented from changing its computer account password. If you disable this policy setting, the domain member can change its compu ... CCE-41794-9 Disable: 'MSS: (EnableICMPRedirect) Allow ICMP redirects to override OSPF generated routes' for EnableICMPRedirect MSS: (EnableICMPRedirect) Allow ICMP redirects to override OSPF generated routes Counter Measure: Configure the MSS: (EnableICMPRedirect) Allow ICMP redirects to override OSPF ... CCE-43456-3 Disable: 'Enable RPC Endpoint Mapper Client Authentication' This policy setting controls whether RPC clients authenticate with the Endpoint Mapper Service when the call they are making contains authentication information. The Endpoint Mapper Service on computers running Windows NT4 (all service p ... CCE-42695-7 Disable: 'MSS: (Hidden) Hide Computer From the Browse List (not recommended except for highly secure environments)' for Hidden MSS: (Hidden) Hide Computer From the Browse List (not recommended except for highly secure environments) Counter Measure: Do not configure the MSS: (Hidden) Hide C ... CCE-43340-9 Disable: 'Shutdown: Allow system to be shut down without having to log on' This policy setting determines whether a computer can be shut down when a user is not logged on. If this policy setting is enabled, the shutdown command is available on the Windows logon screen. Microsoft recommends to disab ... CCE-41676-8 Disable: 'Require a Password When a Computer Wakes (Plugged In)' Specifies whether or not the user is prompted for a password when the system resumes from sleep. Counter Measure: Configure Require a Password When a Computer Wakes (Plugged In) to Enabled. Potential Impact: If you e ... CCE-44426-5 Select the 'Let Windows apps access motion' to user_is_in_control This policy setting specifies whether Windows apps can access motion data. If you choose the "User is in control" option, employees in your organization can decide whether Windows apps can access motion data by using Settings > ... CCE-43844-0 Windows notices inactivity of a logon session, and if the amount of inactive time exceeds the inactivity limit, then the screen saver will run, locking the session. Countermeasure: Configure this policy setting to 900 seconds (15 minutes) so that the risk of a user's desktop session being hijac ... CCE-43276-5 Disable: 'Audit: Audit the access of global system objects' for AuditBaseObjects This policy setting creates a default system access control list (SACL) for system objects such as mutexes (mutual exclusive), events, semaphores, and MS-DOS devices, and causes access to these system objects to be aud ... CCE-43700-4 Disable: 'Always prompt for password upon connection' This policy setting specifies whether Terminal Services always prompts the client computer for a password upon connection. You can use this policy setting to enforce a password prompt for users who log on to Terminal Services, even if they alrea ... CCE-44425-7 Select the 'Let Windows apps access messaging' to user_is_in_control This policy setting specifies whether Windows apps can read or send messages (text or MMS). If you choose the "User is in control" option, employees in your organization can decide whether Windows apps can read or send message ... CCE-44052-9 Disable: 'Require a Password When a Computer Wakes (On Battery)' Specifies whether or not the user is prompted for a password when the system resumes from sleep. Counter Measure: Configure Require a Password When a Computer Wakes (On Battery) to Enabled. Potential Impact: If you e ... CCE-44428-1 Select the 'Let Windows apps access the camera' to user_is_in_control This policy setting specifies whether Windows apps can access the camera. If you choose the "User is in control" option, employees in your organization can decide whether Windows apps can access the camera by using Settings & ... CCE-43124-7 Disable: 'Use advanced RemoteFX graphics' for RemoteApp This policy setting allows you to enable RemoteApp programs to use advanced graphics, including support for transparency, live thumbnails, and seamless application moves. This policy setting applies only to RemoteApp programs and does not appl ... CCE-41787-3 Disable: 'Accounts: Limit local account use of blank passwords to console logon only' This policy setting determines whether local accounts that are not password protected can be used to log on from locations other than the physical computer console. If you enable this policy setting, local account ... CCE-43744-2 Disable: 'User Account Control: Only elevate executables that are signed and validated' for ValidateAdminCodeSignatures This policy setting enforces public key infrastructure (PKI) signature checks for any interactive applications that request elevation of privilege. Enterprise administrators can c ... CCE-44427-3 Select the 'Let Windows apps access the calendar' to user_is_in_control This policy setting specifies whether Windows apps can access the calendar. If you choose the "User is in control" option, employees in your organization can decide whether Windows apps can access the calendar by using Sett ... CCE-42220-4 Disable: 'MSS: (NoDefaultExempt) Configure IPSec exemptions for various types of network traffic.' for NoDefaultExempt MSS: (NoDefaultExempt) Configure IPSec exemptions for various types of network traffic. Counter Measure: Do not configure the MSS: (NoDefaultExempt) Enable NoDefaultExempt ... CCE-44064-4 Disable: 'Do not allow local administrators to customize permissions' for fWritableTSCCPermTab Specifies whether to disable the administrator rights to customize security permissions in the Remote Desktop Session Host Configuration tool. You can use this setting to prevent administrators from m ... CCE-42024-0 Disable: 'MSS: (PerformRouterDiscovery) Allow IRDP to detect and configure Default Gateway addresses (could lead to DoS)' for PerformRouterDiscovery MSS: (PerformRouterDiscovery) Allow IRDP to detect and configure Default Gateway addresses (could lead to DoS) Counter Measure: Configure the ... CCE-44292-1 Disable: 'Do not process the run once list' This policy setting causes the run once list, which is the list of programs that Windows Vista runs automatically when it starts, to be ignored. This policy setting differs from the Do not process the legacy run list setting in that programs on this list ... CCE-44422-4 Select the 'Let Windows apps access contacts' to user_is_in_control This policy setting specifies whether Windows apps can access contacts. If you choose the "User is in control" option, employees in your organization can decide whether Windows apps can access contacts by using Settings > Pr ... CCE-42798-9 Disable: 'Devices: Restrict CD-ROM access to locally logged-on user only' for AllocateCDRoms This policy setting determines whether a CD-ROM is accessible to both local and remote users simultaneously. If you enable this policy setting, only the interactively logged-on user is allowed to access rem ... CCE-44410-9 Disable: 'Do not allow passwords to be saved' This policy setting helps prevent Terminal Services clients from saving passwords on a computer. Note If this policy setting was previously configured as Disabled or Not configured, any previously saved passwords will be deleted the first time a Termi ... CCE-43813-5 Disable: 'Prioritize H.264/AVC 444 graphics mode for Remote Desktop Connections' This policy setting prioritizes the H.264/AVC 444 graphics mode for non-RemoteFX vGPU scenarios. When you use this setting on the RDP server, the server will use H.264/AVC 444 as the codec in an RDP 10 connection where ... CCE-44119-6 Disable: 'Allow unencrypted traffic for AllowUnencryptedTraffic' This policy setting allows you to manage whether the Windows Remote Management (WinRM) service sends and receives unencrypted messages over the network. If you enable this policy setting, the WinRM client sends and receives unencr ... CCE-44421-6 Select the 'Let Windows apps access call history' to user_is_in_control This policy setting specifies whether Windows apps can access call history. If you choose the "User is in control" option, employees in your organization can decide whether Windows apps can access call history by using Sett ... CCE-44180-8 Disable: 'Audit: Shut down system immediately if unable to log security audits' for crashonauditfail This policy setting determines whether the system shuts down if it is unable to log Security events. It is a requirement for Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria (TCSEC)-C2 and Common Criteri ... CCE-42444-0 'Set time limit for active Remote Desktop Services sessions' to never This policy setting allows you to specify the maximum amount of time that a Remote Desktop Services session can be active before it is automatically disconnected. If you enable this policy setting, you must select the desired ... CCE-42554-6 Disable: 'Do not allow hardware accelerated decoding' This policy setting specifies whether the Remote Desktop Connection can use hardware acceleration if supported hardware is available. If you use this setting, the Remote Desktop Client will use only software decoding. For example, if you have a ... CCE-43812-7 Select the 'Configure H.264/AVC hardware encoding for Remote Desktop Connections' value This policy setting lets you enable H.264/AVC hardware encoding support for Remote Desktop Connections. When you enable hardware encoding, if an error occurs, we will attempt to use software encoding. If you dis ... CCE-44424-0 Select the 'Let Windows apps access location' to user_is_in_control This policy setting specifies whether Windows apps can access location. If you choose the "User is in control" option, employees in your organization can decide whether Windows apps can access location by using Settings > Pr ... CCE-42311-1 Disable: 'User Account Control: Only elevate UIAccess applications that are installed in secure locations' for EnableSecureUIAPaths This policy setting controls whether applications that request to run with a User Interface Accessibility (UIAccess) integrity level must reside in a secure location i ... CCE-44238-4 Disable: 'Do not allow drive redirection' This policy setting prevents users from sharing the local drives on their client computers to Terminal Servers that they access. Mapped drives appear in the session folder tree in Windows Explorer in the following format: \\TSClient\<driveletter>$ ... CCE-42599-1 Disable: 'Allow unencrypted traffic' This policy setting allows you to manage whether the Windows Remote Management (WinRM) client sends and receives unencrypted messages over the network. If you enable this policy setting, the WinRM client sends and receives unencrypted messages over the netwo ... CCE-42894-6 Select the 'Set client connection encryption level' to low_level This policy setting specifies whether the computer that is about to host the remote connection will enforce an encryption level for all data sent between it and the client computer for the remote session. Counter Measure: Con ... CCE-44423-2 Select the 'Let Windows apps access email for LetAppsAccessEmail' to user_is_in_control This policy setting specifies whether Windows apps can access email. If you choose the "User is in control" option, employees in your organization can decide whether Windows apps can access email by using Se ... CCE-43050-4 Impersonate a client after authentication The policy setting allows programs that run on behalf of a user to impersonate that user (or another specified account) so that they can act on behalf of the user. If this user right is required for this kind of impersonation, an unauthorized user will not ... CCE-41582-8 'Specify the maximum log file size (KB)' (System Log) (Min:1024 Max:2147483647 kb) This policy setting specifies the maximum size of the log file in kilobytes. If you enable this policy setting, you can configure the maximum log file size to be between 1 megabyte (1024 kilobytes) and 2 terabyte ... CCE-98617-4 This policy setting determines which users can interactively log on to computers in your environment. Logons that are initiated by pressing the CTRL+ALT+DEL key sequence on the client computer keyboard require this user right. Users who attempt to log on through Terminal Services or IIS also require ... CCE-43894-5 Account lockout threshold This policy setting determines the number of failed logon attempts before a lock occurs. Authorized users can lock themselves out of an account by mistyping their password or by remembering it incorrectly, or by changing their password on one computer while logged on to an ... CCE-42514-0 Audit Policy: Account Logon: Kerberos Authentication Service This subcategory reports events generated by the Kerberos Authentication Server. These events occur on the computer that is authoritative for the credentials. Events for this subcategory include: - 4768: A Kerberos authentication ticket ( ... CCE-41977-0 Take ownership of files or other objects This policy setting allows users to take ownership of files, folders, registry keys, processes, or threads. This user right bypasses any permissions that are in place to protect objects to give ownership to the specified user. When configuring a user right ... CCE-42381-4 Create a pagefile This policy setting allows users to change the size of the pagefile. By making the pagefile extremely large or extremely small, an attacker could easily affect the performance of a compromised computer. When configuring a user right in the SCM enter a comma delimited list of acco ... CCE-43655-0 Disable: 'Control System Event Log behavior when the log file reaches its maximum size' This policy setting controls Event Log behavior when the log file reaches its maximum size. If you enable this policy setting and a log file reaches its maximum size, new events are not written to the log an ... CCE-41813-7 Disable: 'Detect compatibility issues for applications and drivers' This policy setting configures the Program Compatibility Assistant (PCA) to diagnose failures with application and driver compatibility. If you enable this policy setting, the PCA is configured to detect failures during applic ... CCE-44037-0 Disable: 'Allow Microsoft accounts to be optional' This policy setting lets you control whether Microsoft accounts are optional for Windows Store apps that require an account to sign in. This policy only affects Windows Store apps that support it. If you enable this policy setting, Windows Stor ... CCE-41528-1 Accounts: Guest account status This policy setting determines whether the Guest account is enabled or disabled. The Guest account allows unauthenticated network users to gain access to the system. Note that this setting will have no impact when applied to the domain controller organizational unit v ... CCE-44420-8 Select the 'Let Windows apps access account information' to user_is_in_control This policy setting specifies whether Windows apps can access account information. If you choose the "User is in control" option, employees in your organization can decide whether Windows apps can access account info ... CCE-42777-3 Disable: 'Prevent enabling lock screen slide show' Disables the lock screen slide show settings in PC Settings and prevents a slide show from playing on the lock screen. By default, users can enable a slide show that will run after they lock the machine. If you enable this setting, users wi ... CCE-41583-6 Disable: 'Prevent the computer from joining a homegroup' By default, users can add their computer to a homegroup on a home network. If you enable this policy setting, a user on this computer will not be able to add this computer to a homegroup. This setting does not affect other network sharin ... CCE-42069-5 Create symbolic links This policy setting determines which users can create symbolic links. In Windows Vista, existing NTFS file system objects, such as files and folders, can be accessed by referring to a new kind of file system object called a symbolic link. A symbolic link is a pointer (much lik ... CCE-41529-9 Disable: 'Windows Firewall: Private: Apply local firewall rules' for AllowLocalPolicyMerge This setting controls whether local administrators are allowed to create local firewall rules that apply together with firewall rules configured by Group Policy. Counter Measure: Disable this setting ... CCE-43535-4 Maximum password age This policy setting defines how long a user can use their password before it expires. Values for this policy setting range from 0 to 999 days. If you set the value to 0, the password will never expire. The default value for this policy setting is 42 days. Because attackers can ... CCE-41605-7 Create global objects This policy setting determines whether users can create global objects that are available to all sessions. Users can still create objects that are specific to their own session if they do not have this user right Users who can create global objects could affect processes that ... CCE-44136-0 Profile single process This policy setting determines which users can use tools to monitor the performance of non-system processes. Typically, you do not need to configure this user right to use the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Performance snap-in. However, you do need this user right if Syst ... CCE-43086-8 Disable: 'Allow remote access to the Plug and Play interface' This policy setting allows you to allow or deny remote access to the Plug and Play interface. If you enable this policy setting, remote connections to the Plug and Play interface are allowed. If you disable or do not c ... CCE-42506-6 Disable: 'Enable Protected Event Logging' This policy setting lets you configure Protected Event Logging. If you enable this policy setting, components that support it will use the certificate you supply to encrypt potentially sensitive event log data before writing it to the event log. Data wi ... CCE-44419-0 Disable: 'Enable insecure guest logons' This policy setting determines if the SMB client will allow insecure guest logons to an SMB server. If you enable this policy setting or if you do not configure this policy setting, the SMB client will allow insecure guest logons. If you disable this ... CCE-43995-0 Disable: 'Turn on Information Protection Control' This policy setting allows you to configure Information Protection Control (IPC). If you enable this setting, IPC will be enabled. If you disable or do not configure this setting, IPC will be disabled. Counter Measure: Configure thi ... CCE-43018-1 Disable: 'Windows Firewall: Private: Inbound connections' for DefaultInboundAction This setting determines the behavior for inbound connections that do not match an inbound firewall rule. The default behavior is to block connections unless there are firewall rules to allow the connection. Coun ... CCE-44263-2 Disable: 'Do not display 'Install Updates and Shut Down' option in Shut Down Windows dialog box' This policy setting allows you to manage whether the Install Updates and Shut Down option is displayed in the Shut Down Windows dialog box. This policy setting works in conjunction with the following Do ... CCE-42889-6 Disable: 'Force automatic setup for all users' This policy setting specifies whether Work Folders should be set up automatically for all users of the affected computer. If you enable this policy setting, Work Folders will be set up automatically for all users of the affected computer. This prev ... CCE-43249-2 Create a token object This policy setting allows a process to create an access token, which may provide elevated rights to access sensitive data. When configuring a user right in the SCM enter a comma delimited list of accounts. Accounts can be either local or located in Active Directory, they can ... CCE-44177-4 Disable: 'Windows Firewall: Domain: Display a notification' for DisableNotifications Select this option to have Windows Firewall with Advanced Security display notifications to the user when a program is blocked from receiving inbound connections. Note When the Apply local firewall rules sett ... CCE-41806-1 Access this computer from the network This policy setting allows other users on the network to connect to the computer and is required by various network protocols that include Server Message Block (SMB)-based protocols, NetBIOS, Common Internet File System (CIFS), and Component Object Model Plus ( ... CCE-42493-7 Disable: 'Allow input personalization' This policy enables the automatic learning component of input personalization that includes speech, inking, and typing. Automatic learning enables the collection of speech and handwriting patterns, typing history, contacts, and recent calendar info ... CCE-44284-8 Shut down the system This policy setting determines which users who are logged on locally to the computers in your environment can shut down the operating system with the Shut Down command. Misuse of this user right can result in a denial of service condition. When configuring a user right in the ... CCE-44370-5 Log on as a service This policy setting allows accounts to launch network services or to register a process as a service running on the system. This user right should be restricted on any computer in a high security environment, but because many applications may require this privilege, it should be ... CCE-43615-4 Log on as a batch job This policy setting allows accounts to log on using the task scheduler service. Because the task scheduler is often used for administrative purposes, it may be needed in enterprise environments. However, its use should be restricted in high security environments to prevent mis ... CCE-42344-2 Disable: 'Windows Firewall: Public: Display a notification' for DisableNotifications Select this option to have Windows Firewall with Advanced Security display notifications to the user when a program is blocked from receiving inbound connections. Note When the Apply local firewall rules sett ... CCE-43472-0 Disable: 'Control Event Log behavior when the log file reaches its maximum size' for Retention This policy setting controls Event Log behavior when the log file reaches its maximum size. If you enable this policy setting and a log file reaches its maximum size, new events are not written to the ... CCE-43144-5 Disable: 'Windows Firewall: Private: Apply local connection security rules' for AllowLocalIPsecPolicyMerge This setting controls whether local administrators are allowed to create connection security rules that apply together with connection security rules configured by Group Policy. Counter M ... CCE-44380-4 Disable: 'Do not adjust default option to 'Install Updates and Shut Down' in Shut Down Windows dialog box' This policy setting allows you to manage whether the 'Install Updates and Shut Down' option is allowed to be the default choice in the Shut Down Windows dialog. Note that this policy setting h ... CCE-41972-1 'Specify the maximum log file size (KB) (Application Log)' for MaxSize (Min:1024 Max:2147483647 kb) This policy setting specifies the maximum size of the log file in kilobytes. If you enable this policy setting, you can configure the maximum log file size to be between 1 megabyte (1024 kilobyte ... CCE-42847-4 Force shutdown from a remote system This policy setting allows users to shut down Windows Vista-based computers from remote locations on the network. Anyone who has been assigned this user right can cause a denial of service (DoS) condition, which would make the computer unavailable to service user ... CCE-41566-1 Generate security audits This policy setting determines which users or processes can generate audit records in the Security log. When configuring a user right in the SCM enter a comma delimited list of accounts. Accounts can be either local or located in Active Directory, they can be groups, users ... CCE-43964-6 Disable: 'Prevent enabling lock screen camera' Disables the lock screen camera toggle switch in PC Settings and prevents a camera from being invoked on the lock screen. By default, users can enable invocation of an available camera on the lock screen. If you enable this setting, users will ... CCE-43389-6 Disable: 'Turn off the Windows Messenger Customer Experience Improvement Program' This policy setting specifies whether Windows Messenger can collect anonymous information about how the Windows Messenger software and service is used. Counter Measure: Enable this policy setting to ensure th ... CCE-43619-6 Disable: 'Enumerate administrator accounts on elevation' By default, all administrator accounts are displayed when you attempt to elevate a running application. Counter Measure: Enable this policy. Potential Impact: If you enable this policy setting, all local administrator accoun ... CCE-41654-5 Disable: 'Windows Firewall: Public: Apply local firewall rules' for AllowLocalPolicyMerge This setting controls whether local administrators are allowed to create local firewall rules that apply together with firewall rules configured by Group Policy. Counter Measure: Disable this setting ... CCE-44295-4 Modify firmware environment values This policy setting allows users to configure the system-wide environment variables that affect hardware configuration. This information is typically stored in the Last Known Good Configuration. Modification of these values and could lead to a hardware failure tha ... CCE-43331-8 Adjust memory quotas for a process This policy setting allows a user to adjust the maximum amount of memory that is available to a process. The ability to adjust memory quotas is useful for system tuning, but it can be abused. In the wrong hands, it could be used to launch a denial of service (DoS) ... CCE-41974-7 Manage auditing and security log This policy setting determines which users can change the auditing options for files and directories and clear the Security log. When configuring a user right in the SCM enter a comma delimited list of accounts. Accounts can be either local or located in Active Dir ... CCE-43826-7 Disable: 'Turn off the 'Publish to Web' task for files and folders' for NoPublishingWizard This policy setting specifies whether the tasks Publish this file to the Web, Publish this folder to the Web, and Publish the selected items to the Web are available from File and Folder Tasks in Windows fold ... CCE-42872-2 Password must meet complexity requirements This policy setting checks all new passwords to ensure that they meet basic requirements for strong passwords. When this policy is enabled, passwords must meet the following minimum requirements: - Not contain the user's account name or parts of the user's ... CCE-41646-1 Disable: 'Windows Firewall: Domain: Apply local connection security rules' This setting controls whether local administrators are allowed to create connection security rules that apply together with connection security rules configured by Group Policy. Counter Measure: Disable this setting ... CCE-41611-5 Disable: 'Windows Firewall: Public: Inbound connections' This setting determines the behavior for inbound connections that do not match an inbound firewall rule. The default behavior is to block connections unless there are firewall rules to allow the connection. Counter Measure: Configure ... CCE-42100-8 Disable: 'Windows Firewall: Domain: Inbound connections' for DefaultInboundAction This setting determines the behavior for inbound connections that do not match an inbound firewall rule. The default behavior is to block connections unless there are firewall rules to allow the connection. Count ... CCE-42313-7 Disable: 'Turn off Search Companion content file updates' This policy setting specifies whether Search Companion should automatically download content updates during local and Internet searches. Counter Measure: Configure this policy setting to Enabled to prevent Search Companion from down ... CCE-42631-2 Disable: 'Windows Firewall: Domain: Apply local firewall rules' for AllowLocalPolicyMerge This setting controls whether local administrators are allowed to create local firewall rules that apply together with firewall rules configured by Group Policy. Counter Measure: Disable this setting ... CCE-41527-3 Disable: 'Windows Firewall: Private: Display a notification' for DisableNotifications Select this option to have Windows Firewall with Advanced Security display notifications to the user when a program is blocked from receiving inbound connections. Note When the Apply local firewall rules set ... CCE-41679-2 Minimum password length This policy setting determines the least number of characters that make up a password for a user account. There are many different theories about how to determine the best password length for an organization, but perhaps 'pass phrase' is a better term than 'password.' In Mic ... CCE-41953-1 Minimum password age This policy setting determines the number of days that you must use a password before you can change it. The range of values for this policy setting is between 1 and 999 days. (You may also set the value to 0 to allow immediate password changes.) The default value for this sett ... CCE-42674-2 Audit Policy: Object Access: Detailed File Share This policy setting allows you to audit attempts to access files and folders on a shared folder. The Detailed File Share setting logs an event every time a file or folder is accessed, whereas the File Share setting only records one event for any conn ... CCE-41832-7 Allow log on through Remote Desktop Services This policy setting determines which users or groups have the right to log on as a Terminal Services client. Remote desktop users require this user right. If your organization uses Remote Assistance as part of its help desk strategy, create a group and a ... CCE-41501-8 Select the 'Set the default behavior for AutoRun' to do_not_execute_any_autorun_commands This policy setting sets the default behavior for Autorun commands. Autorun commands are generally stored in autorun.inf files. They often launch the installation program or other routines. ... CCE-42136-2 Enforce password history This policy setting determines the number of renewed, unique passwords that have to be associated with a user account before you can reuse an old password. The value for this policy setting must be between 0 and 24 passwords. The default value for Windows Vista is 0 passwor ... CCE-44312-7 Disable: 'Allow Remote Shell Access' This policy setting allows you to manage configuration of remote access to all supported shells to execute scripts and commands. Counter Measure: Configure Allow Remote Shell Access to Disabled. Potential Impact: If you enable this policy setti ... CCE-44192-3 Debug programs This policy setting determines which user accounts will have the right to attach a debugger to any process or to the kernel, which provides complete access to sensitive and critical operating system components. Developers who are debugging their own applications do not need to be ass ... CCE-44139-4 Disable: 'Control Security Event Log behavior when the log file reaches its maximum size' This policy setting controls Event Log behavior when the log file reaches its maximum size. If you enable this policy setting and a log file reaches its maximum size, new events are not written to the log ... CCE-42675-9 Disable: 'Turn off the offer to update to the latest version of Windows' Enables or disables the Store offer to update to the latest version of Windows. If you enable this setting, the Store application will not offer updates to the latest version of Windows. If you disable or do not config ... CCE-43184-1 Disable: 'Microsoft network server: Disconnect clients when logon hours expire' for enableforcedlogoff This policy setting determines whether to disconnect users who are connected to the local computer outside their user account's valid logon hours. It affects the SMB component. If you enable this ... CCE-43468-8 Select the 'Devices: Allowed to format and eject removable media' to administrators_only This policy setting determines who is allowed to format and eject removable media. You can use this policy setting to prevent unauthorized users from removing data on one computer to access it on another comput ... CCE-43671-7 Disable: 'User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for standard users' for ConsentPromptBehaviorUser This policy setting controls the behavior of the elevation prompt for standard users. The options are: - Prompt for credentials: When an operation requires elevation of privile ... CCE-43657-6 Disable: 'Network security: Do not store LAN Manager hash value on next password change' for NoLMHash This policy setting determines whether the LAN Manager (LM) hash value for the new password is stored when the password is changed. The LM hash is relatively weak and prone to attack compared to th ... CCE-43648-5 Replace a process level token This policy setting allows one process or service to start another service or process with a different security access token, which can be used to modify the security access token of that sub-process and result in the escalation of privileges. When configuring a user ... CCE-43921-6 This policy setting controls the behavior of the elevation prompt for administrators. The options are: - Elevate without prompting: Allows privileged accounts to perform an operation that requires elevation without requiring consent or credentials. Note: Use this option only in the most co ... CCE-43381-3 Perform volume maintenance tasks This policy setting allows users to manage the system's volume or disk configuration, which could allow a user to delete a volume and cause data loss as well as a denial-of-service condition. When configuring a user right in the SCM enter a comma delimited list of ... CCE-42840-9 Load and unload device drivers This policy setting allows users to dynamically load a new device driver on a system. An attacker could potentially use this capability to install malicious code that appears to be a device driver. This user right is required for users to add local printers or printer ... CCE-43854-9 Deny log on locally This security setting determines which users are prevented from logging on at the computer. This policy setting supersedes the Allow log on locally policy setting if an account is subject to both policies.Important:If you apply this security policy to the Everyone group, no one ... CCE-43438-1 Back up files and directories This policy setting allows users to circumvent file and directory permissions to back up the system. This user right is enabled only when an application (such as NTBACKUP) attempts to access a file or directory through the NTFS file system backup application programmin ... CCE-42775-7 Disable: 'Always install with elevated privileges' Directs Windows Installer to use system permissions when it installs any program on the system. This setting extends elevated privileges to all programs. These privileges are usually reserved for programs that have been assigned to the user (of ... CCE-98615-8 This policy setting determines which users can bypass file, directory, registry, and other persistent object permissions when restoring backed up files and directories on computers that run Windows Vista in your environment. This user right also determines which users can set valid security principa ... CCE-44027-1 This policy setting determines if the server side SMB service is able to sign SMB packets if it is requested to do so by a client that attempts to establish a connection. If no signing request comes from the client, a connection will be allowed without a signature if the Microsoft network server: Di ... CCE-41474-8 Disable: 'Domain member: Require strong (Windows 2000 or later) session key' for requirestrongkey When this policy setting is enabled, a secure channel can only be established with domain controllers that are capable of encrypting secure channel data with a strong (128-bit) session key. To enab ... CCE-42710-4 Disable: 'Require secure RPC communication' Specifies whether a Remote Desktop Session Host server requires secure RPC communication with all clients or allows unsecured communication. You can use this setting to strengthen the security of RPC communication with clients by allowing only authent ... CCE-43458-9 Disable: 'Network security: LDAP client signing requirements' for LDAPClientIntegrity This policy setting determines the level of data signing that is requested on behalf of clients that issue LDAP BIND requests, as follows: - None. The LDAP BIND request is issued with the caller-specified opti ... CCE-42010-9 Specify the 'Network access: Remotely accessible registry paths' for Machine This policy setting determines which registry paths will be accessible after referencing the WinReg key to determine access permissions to the paths. Note: This setting does not exist in Windows XP. There was a setting ... CCE-42160-2 Specify the 'Network access: Remotely accessible registry paths and sub-paths' for Machine This policy setting determines which registry paths and sub-paths will be accessible when an application or process references the WinReg key to determine access permissions. Note: In Windows XP this sett ... CCE-41948-1 Disable: 'Network access: Let Everyone permissions apply to anonymous users' for EveryoneIncludesAnonymous This policy setting determines what additional permissions are assigned for anonymous connections to the computer. If you enable this policy setting, anonymous Windows users are allowed to per ... CCE-41574-5 Disable: 'Interactive logon: Do not display last user name' for DontDisplayLastUserName This policy setting determines whether the account name of the last user to log on to the client computers in your organization will be displayed in each computer's respective Windows logon screen. Enable this p ... CCE-44266-5 Specify the 'Interactive logon: Message text for users attempting to log on' value Microsoft recommends that you use this setting, if appropriate to your environment and your organization's business requirements, to help protect end user computers. This policy setting specifies a text message that ... CCE-42253-5 Disable: 'Microsoft network client: Digitally sign communications (if server agrees)' This policy setting determines whether the SMB client will attempt to negotiate SMB packet signing. The implementation of digital signing in Windows-based networks helps to prevent sessions from being hijacked. If ... CCE-43080-1 Select the 'Require use of specific security layer for remote (RDP) connections' to rdp Specifies whether to require the use of a specific security layer to secure communications between clients and RD Session Host servers during Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) connections. If you enable this set ... CCE-44361-4 Specify the 'Microsoft network server: Amount of idle time required before suspending session' (Mins) This policy setting allows you to specify the amount of continuous idle time that must pass in an SMB session before the session is suspended because of inactivity. Administrators can use this poli ... CCE-41772-5 Disable: 'Allow users to connect remotely by using Remote Desktop Services' This policy setting allows you to configure remote access to computers by using Remote Desktop Services. If you enable this policy setting, users who are members of the Remote Desktop Users group on the target computer ... CCE-43105-6 Disable: 'Network access: Restrict anonymous access to Named Pipes and Shares' for restrictnullsessaccess When enabled, this policy setting restricts anonymous access to only those shares and pipes that are named in the Network access: Named pipes that can be accessed anonymously and Network access ... CCE-43517-2 Disable: 'Network access: Do not allow anonymous enumeration of SAM accounts' for RestrictAnonymousSAM This policy setting controls the ability of anonymous users to enumerate the accounts in the Security Accounts Manager (SAM). If you enable this policy setting, users with anonymous connections ca ... CCE-42781-5 Disable: 'Interactive logon: Do not require CTRL+ALT+DEL' This policy setting determines whether users must press CTRL+ALT+DEL before they log on. If you enable this policy setting, users can log on without this key combination. If you disable this policy setting, users must press CTRL+ALT+DEL befo ... CCE-41557-0 Disable: 'Microsoft network client: Send unencrypted password to third-party SMB servers' for EnablePlainTextPassword Disable this policy setting to prevent the SMB redirector from sending plaintext passwords during authentication to third-party SMB servers that do not support password encryption. ... CCE-41762-6 Disable: 'Domain member: Digitally encrypt or sign secure channel data (always)' for requiresignorseal This policy setting determines whether all secure channel traffic that is initiated by the domain member must be signed or encrypted. If a system is set to always encrypt or sign secure channel da ... CCE-43034-8 Disable: 'Require user authentication for remote connections by using Network Level Authentication' This policy setting allows you to specify whether to require user authentication for remote connections to the RD Session Host server by using Network Level Authentication. This policy setting enhanc ... CCE-41773-3 Disable: 'Domain member: Digitally sign secure channel data (when possible)' for signsecurechannel This policy setting determines whether a domain member should attempt to negotiate whether all secure channel traffic that it initiates must be digitally signed. Digital signatures protect the traffic ... CCE-43628-7 Disable: 'Network access: Do not allow anonymous enumeration of SAM accounts and shares' for RestrictAnonymous This policy setting controls the ability of anonymous users to enumerate SAM accounts as well as shares. If you enable this policy setting, anonymous users will not be able to enumerate do ... CCE-41840-0 Disable: 'Microsoft network client: Digitally sign communications (always)' for RequireSecuritySignature This policy setting determines whether packet signing is required by the SMB client component. If you enable this policy setting, the Microsoft network client computer cannot communicate with a ... CCE-42900-1 Disable: 'Audit: Force audit policy subcategory settings (Windows Vista or later) to override audit policy category settings' for scenoapplylegacyauditpolicy This policy setting allows administrators to enable the more precise auditing capabilities present in Windows Vista. The Audit Policy se ... CCE-42134-7 Disable: 'Network security: Minimum session security for NTLM SSP based (including secure RPC) clients' for NTLMMinClientSec This policy setting determines which behaviors are allowed for applications using the NTLM Security Support Provider (SSP). The SSP Interface (SSPI) is used by applications t ... CCE-41504-2 Disable: 'Interactive logon: Prompt user to change password before expiration' for passwordexpirywarning This policy setting determines how far in advance users are warned that their password will expire. Microsoft recommends that you configure this policy setting to 14 days to sufficiently warn us ... CCE-42884-7 Disable: 'Microsoft network server: Digitally sign communications (always)' for requiresecuritysignature This policy setting determines if the server side SMB service is required to perform SMB packet signing. Enable this policy setting in a mixed environment to prevent downstream clients from usin ... CCE-41710-5 Domain member: Maximum machine account password age This policy setting determines the maximum allowable age for a computer account password. By default, domain members automatically change their domain passwords every 30 days. If you increase this interval significantly or set it to 0 so that the ... CCE-43236-9 Disable: 'Windows Firewall: Domain: Firewall state' for EnableFirewall Select On (recommended) to have Windows Firewall with Advanced Security use the settings for this profile to filter network traffic. If you select Off, Windows Firewall with Advanced Security will not use any of the firewall rul ... CCE-42867-2 Disable: 'No auto-restart with logged on users for scheduled automatic updates installations' This policy setting specifies that Automatic Updates will wait for computers to be restarted by the users who are logged on to them to complete a scheduled installation. If you enable the No auto-resta ... CCE-42914-2 Disable: 'Windows Firewall: Private: Firewall state' for EnableFirewall Select On (recommended) to have Windows Firewall with Advanced Security use the settings for this profile to filter network traffic. If you select Off, Windows Firewall with Advanced Security will not use any of the firewall ru ... CCE-42837-5 Disable: 'Windows Firewall: Public: Firewall state' for EnableFirewall Select On (recommended) to have Windows Firewall with Advanced Security use the settings for this profile to filter network traffic. If you select Off, Windows Firewall with Advanced Security will not use any of the firewall rul ... CCE-42970-4 Accounts: Rename administrator account The built-in local administrator account is a well-known account name that attackers will target. Microsoft recommends to choose another name for this account, and to avoid names that denote administrative or elevated access accounts. Be sure to also change th ... CCE-43078-5 Accounts: Rename guest account The built-in local guest account is another well-known name to attackers. Microsoft recommends to rename this account to something that does not indicate its purpose. Even if you disable this account, which is recommended, ensure that you rename it for added security. ... CCE-43748-3 Account lockout duration This policy setting determines the length of time that must pass before a locked account is unlocked and a user can try to log on again. The setting does this by specifying the number of minutes a locked out account will remain unavailable. If the value for this policy sett ... |
