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Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Windows Server 2022 Security event log size must be configured to 196608 KB or greater.

    Inadequate log size will cause the log to fill up quickly. This may prevent audit events from being recorded properly and require frequent attention by administrative personnel.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Windows Server 2022 System event log size must be configured to 32768 KB or greater.

    Inadequate log size will cause the log to fill up quickly. This may prevent audit events from being recorded properly and require frequent attention by administrative personnel.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Windows Server 2022 Microsoft Defender antivirus SmartScreen must be enabled.

    Microsoft Defender antivirus SmartScreen helps protect systems from programs downloaded from the internet that may be malicious. Enabling SmartScreen can block potentially malicious programs or war...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Windows Server 2022 Explorer Data Execution Prevention must be enabled.

    Data Execution Prevention provides additional protection by performing checks on memory to help prevent malicious code from running. This setting will prevent Data Execution Prevention from being t...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Windows Server 2022 Turning off File Explorer heap termination on corruption must be disabled.

    Legacy plug-in applications may continue to function when a File Explorer session has become corrupt. Disabling this feature will prevent this.
    Rule Low Severity
  • Windows Server 2022 File Explorer shell protocol must run in protected mode.

    The shell protocol will limit the set of folders that applications can open when run in protected mode. Restricting files an application can open to a limited set of folders increases the security ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Windows Server 2022 Remote Desktop Services must prevent drive redirection.

    Preventing users from sharing the local drives on their client computers with Remote Session Hosts that they access helps reduce possible exposure of sensitive data.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Windows Server 2022 Remote Desktop Services must require secure Remote Procedure Call (RPC) communications.

    Allowing unsecure RPC communication exposes the system to man-in-the-middle attacks and data disclosure attacks. A man-in-the-middle attack occurs when an intruder captures packets between a client...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Windows Server 2022 users must be notified if a web-based program attempts to install software.

    Web-based programs may attempt to install malicious software on a system. Ensuring users are notified if a web-based program attempts to install software allows them to refuse the installation.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Windows Server 2022 PowerShell script block logging must be enabled.

    Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, and analyze compromises that have occurred, as well as detect attacks. A...
    Rule Medium Severity

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