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Microsoft Windows PAW Security Technical Implementation Guide
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
The local Administrators group on the Windows PAW must only include groups with accounts specifically designated to administer the PAW.
The local Administrators group on the Windows PAW must only include groups with accounts specifically designated to administer the PAW.
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The local Administrators group on the Windows PAW must only include groups with accounts specifically designated to administer the PAW.
Medium Severity
<VulnDiscussion>A main security architectural construct of a PAW is to restrict access to the PAW from only specific privileged accounts designated for managing the high-value IT resources the PAW has been designated to manage. If unauthorized standard user accounts or unauthorized high-value administrative accounts are able to access a specific PAW, high-value IT resources and critical DoD information could be compromised.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>