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Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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    Group
  • Windows PowerShell 2.0 must not be installed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Windows PowerShell 5.0 added advanced logging features that can provide additional detail when malware has been run on a syst...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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    Group
  • FTP servers must be configured to prevent anonymous logons.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The FTP service allows remote users to access shared files and directories. Allowing anonymous FTP connections makes user aud...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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    Group
  • FTP servers must be configured to prevent access to the system drive.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The FTP service allows remote users to access shared files and directories that could provide access to system resources and ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000355-GPOS-00143

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    Group
  • The time service must synchronize with an appropriate DoD time source.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Windows Time Service controls time synchronization settings. Time synchronization is essential for authentication and aud...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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    Group
  • Orphaned security identifiers (SIDs) must be removed from user rights on Windows 2016.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Accounts or groups given rights on a system may show up as unresolved SIDs for various reasons including deletion of the acco...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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    Group
  • Secure Boot must be enabled on Windows Server 2016 systems.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Secure Boot is a standard that ensures systems boot only to a trusted operating system. Secure Boot is required to support ad...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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    Group
  • Windows 2016 systems must have Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) firmware and be configured to run in UEFI mode, not Legacy BIOS.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;UEFI provides additional security features in comparison to legacy BIOS firmware, including Secure Boot. UEFI is required to ...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000329-GPOS-00128

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    Group
  • Windows 2016 account lockout duration must be configured to 15 minutes or greater.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The account lockout feature, when enabled, prevents brute-force password attacks on the system. This parameter specifies the ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005

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    Group
  • Windows Server 2016 must have the number of allowed bad logon attempts configured to three or less.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The account lockout feature, when enabled, prevents brute-force password attacks on the system. The higher this value is, the...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005

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    Group
  • Windows Server 2016 must have the period of time before the bad logon counter is reset configured to 15 minutes or greater.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The account lockout feature, when enabled, prevents brute-force password attacks on the system. This parameter specifies the ...
    Rule Medium Severity

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