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Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Windows Server 2016 minimum password age must be configured to at least one day.

    <VulnDiscussion>Permitting passwords to be changed in immediate succession within the same day allows users to cycle passwords through their ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000078-GPOS-00046

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Windows Server 2016 minimum password length must be configured to 14 characters.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information systems not protected with strong password schemes (including passwords of minimum length) provide the opportunit...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000069-GPOS-00037

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Windows Server 2016 must have the built-in Windows password complexity policy enabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The use of complex passwords increases their strength against attack. The built-in Windows password complexity policy require...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000073-GPOS-00041

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Windows Server 2016 reversible password encryption must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Storing passwords using reversible encryption is essentially the same as storing clear-text versions of the passwords, which ...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000342-GPOS-00133

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Audit records must be backed up to a different system or media than the system being audited.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Protection of log data includes assuring the log data is not accidentally lost or deleted. Audit information stored in one lo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000479-GPOS-00224

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Windows Server 2016 must, at a minimum, offload audit records of interconnected systems in real time and offload standalone or nondomain-joined systems weekly.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Protection of log data includes ensuring the log data is not accidentally lost or deleted. Audit information stored in one lo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Permissions for the Application event log must prevent access by non-privileged accounts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000057-GPOS-00027

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Permissions for the Security event log must prevent access by non-privileged accounts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000057-GPOS-00027

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Permissions for the System event log must prevent access by non-privileged accounts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000257-GPOS-00098

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Event Viewer must be protected from unauthorized modification and deletion.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Protecting audit information also includes identifying and protecting the tools used to view and manipulate log data. Therefo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000470-GPOS-00214

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Windows Server 2016 must be configured to audit Account Logon - Credential Validation successes.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, ...
    Rule Medium Severity

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