This policy setting allows you to audit events generated when an Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) object is accessed. Only AD DS objects with a matching system access control list (SACL) are logged. Events in this subcategory are similar to the Directory Service Access events available in previous versions of Windows. Volume: High on domain controllers. None on client computers. Default on Client editions: No Auditing. Default on Server editions: 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\DS Access\Audit Policy: DS Access: Directory Service Access (2) REG: NO REGISTRY INFO