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Active Directory Domain Security Technical Implementation Guide
SRG-OS-000480
Membership to the Domain Admins group must be restricted to accounts used only to manage the Active Directory domain and domain controllers.
Membership to the Domain Admins group must be restricted to accounts used only to manage the Active Directory domain and domain controllers.
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Membership to the Domain Admins group must be restricted to accounts used only to manage the Active Directory domain and domain controllers.
High Severity
<VulnDiscussion>The Domain Admins group is a highly privileged group. Personnel who are system administrators must log on to Active Directory systems only using accounts with the level of authority necessary. Only system administrator accounts used exclusively to manage an Active Directory domain and domain controllers may be members of the Domain Admins group. A separation of administrator responsibilities helps mitigate the risk of privilege escalation resulting from credential theft attacks.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>