This policy setting allows you to audit connections that are allowed or blocked by the Windows Filtering Platform (WFP). The following events are included: The Windows Firewall Service blocks an application from accepting incoming connections on the network. The WFP allows a connection. The WFP blocks a connection. The WFP permits a bind to a local port. The WFP blocks a bind to a local port. The WFP allows a connection. The WFP blocks a connection. The WFP permits an application or service to listen on a port for incoming connections. The WFP blocks an application or service to listen on a port for incoming connections. If you configure this policy setting, an audit event is generated when connections are allowed or blocked by the WFP. Success audits record events generated when connections are allowed and Failure audits record events generated when connections are blocked. If you do not configure this policy setting, no audit event is generated when connected are allowed or blocked by the WFP. Volume: High. 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\Object Access\Audit Policy: Object Access: Filtering Platform Connection (2) REG: NO REGISTRY INFO