MSS: (AutoReboot) Allow Windows to automatically restart after a system crash (recommended except for highly secure environments) Countermeasure: Configure the MSS: (AutoReboot) Allow Windows to automatically restart after a system crash (recommended except for highly secure environments) entry to a value of Disabled. The possible values for this registry entry are: - 1 or 0. The default configuration is 1 (enabled). For more information, see the Microsoft Knowledge Base article "How To Configure System Failure and Recovery Options in Windows" at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307973. In the SCE UI, the following options are available: - Enabled - Disabled - Not Defined Potential Impact: The computer will no longer reboot automatically after a failure. [enabled/disabled] (1) GPO: Computer Configuration\\Administrative Templates\\MSS (Legacy)\\MSS: (AutoReboot) Allow Windows to automatically restart after a system crash (recommended except for highly secure environments) (2) REG: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\CrashControl!AutoReboot oval:org.secpod.oval:def:15135 BITS Shared Assessments SIG v6.0 Jericho Forum HIPAA/HITECH Act FedRAMP Security Controls(Final Release Jan 2012)--LOW IMPACT LEVEL-- ISO/IEC 27001-2005 COBIT 4.1 GAPP (Aug 2009) NERC CIP NIST SP800-53 R3 CM-6 NIST SP800-53 R3 SC-2 PCIDSS v2.0 FedRAMP Security Controls(Final Release Jan 2012)--MODERATE IMPACT LEVEL-- BITS Shared Assessments AUP v5.0 SCAP Repo OVAL Definition 2013-09-05 BITS Shared Assessments SIG v6.0 2012-10-12 Jericho Forum 2012-10-12 HIPAA/HITECH Act 2012-10-12 ISO/IEC 27001-2005 2012-10-12 COBIT 4.1 2012-10-12 GAPP (Aug 2009) 2012-10-12 NERC CIP 2012-10-12 NIST SP800-53 R3 2012-10-12 PCIDSS v2.0 2012-10-12 BITS Shared Assessments AUP v5.0 2012-10-12