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Active Directory Forest Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-OS-000324

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Windows Server running Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) must be managed by a PAW tier 0.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Verify that a site has set aside one or more PAWs for remote management of AD CS. &lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;FalsePositives&g...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Anonymous Access to AD forest data above the rootDSE level must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;For Windows Server 2003 or above, the dsHeuristics option can be configured to override the default restriction on anonymous ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000355

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Windows Time Service on the forest root PDC Emulator must be configured to acquire its time from an external time source.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When the Windows Time service is used to synchronize time on client computers (workstations and servers) throughout an AD for...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Changes to the AD schema must be subject to a documented configuration management process.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Poorly planned or implemented changes to the AD schema could cause the applications that rely on AD (such as web and database...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000324

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Update access to the directory schema must be restricted to appropriate accounts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A failure to control update access to the AD Schema object could result in the creation of invalid directory objects and attr...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000324

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Windows Server hosting Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) must enforce Certificate Authority (CA) certificate management approval for certificate requests.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When users are requesting new certificates through AD CS, there must be management approval and awareness for these requests....
    Rule High Severity

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