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XCCDF
Microsoft Windows 10 Security Technical Implementation Guide
SRG-OS-000073-GPOS-00041
SRG-OS-000073-GPOS-00041
An XCCDF Group - A logical subset of the XCCDF Benchmark
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SRG-OS-000073-GPOS-00041
1 Rule
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Reversible password encryption must be disabled.
High Severity
<VulnDiscussion>Storing passwords using reversible encryption is essentially the same as storing clear-text versions of the passwords. For this reason, this policy must never be enabled.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>