This policy setting allows you to audit changes to user accounts. Events include the following: A user account is created, changed, deleted; renamed, disabled, enabled, locked out, or unlocked. A user account's password is set or changed. A security identifier (SID) is added to the SID History of a user account. The Directory Services Restore Mode password is configured. Permissions on administrative user accounts are changed. Credential Manager credentials are backed up or restored. If you configure this policy setting, an audit event is generated when an attempt to change a user account is made. Success audits record successful attempts and Failure audits record unsuccessful attempts. If you do not configure this policy setting, no audit event is generated when a user account changes. Volume: Low. Default: Success. Counter Measure: Enable Audit policy settings that support the organizational security policy for all the computers in your organization. Identify the components that you need for an audit policy that enables your organization to hold users accountable for their actions while using organizational resources and enables IT departments to detect unauthorized activity efficiently and then track those events in log files. Potential Impact: If no audit settings are configured, or if audit settings are too lax on the computers in your organization, security incidents might not be detected or not enough evidence will be available for network forensic analysis after security incidents occur. However, if audit settings are too severe, critically important entries in the Security log may be obscured by all of the meaningless entries and computer performance and the available amount of data storage may be seriously affected. Companies that operate in certain regulated industries may have legal obligations to log certain events or activities. Fix: (1) GPO: Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Advanced Audit Policy Configuration\Audit Policies\Account Management\Audit Policy: Account Management: User Account Management (2) REG: NO REGISTRY INFO