Active Directory Forest Security Technical Implementation Guide
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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SRG-OS-000480
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Membership to the Schema Admins group must be limited.
The Schema Admins group is a privileged group in a forest root domain. Members of the Schema Admins group can make changes to the schema, which is the framework for the Active Directory forest. Cha...Rule Medium Severity -
The Windows Time Service on the forest root PDC Emulator must be configured to acquire its time from an external time source.
When the Windows Time service is used to synchronize time on client computers (workstations and servers) throughout an AD forest, the forest root domain PDC Emulator is the normal default to provid...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000324
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Windows Server running Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) must be managed by a PAW tier 0.
Verify that a site has set aside one or more PAWs for remote management of AD CS.Rule High Severity -
SRG-OS-000480
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Anonymous Access to AD forest data above the rootDSE level must be disabled.
For Windows Server 2003 or above, the dsHeuristics option can be configured to override the default restriction on anonymous access to AD data above the rootDSE level. Anonymous access to AD data c...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000355
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SRG-OS-000480
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Changes to the AD schema must be subject to a documented configuration management process.
Poorly planned or implemented changes to the AD schema could cause the applications that rely on AD (such as web and database servers) to operate incorrectly or not all. Improper changes to the sc...Rule Low Severity
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