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Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • Windows Update must not obtain updates from other PCs on the internet.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Windows 11 allows Windows Update to obtain updates from additional sources instead of Microsoft. In addition to Microsoft, up...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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  • The Microsoft Defender SmartScreen for Explorer must be enabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Microsoft Defender SmartScreen helps protect systems from programs downloaded from the internet that may be malicious. Enabli...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000433-GPOS-00192

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  • Explorer Data Execution Prevention must be enabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Data Execution Prevention (DEP) provides additional protection by performing checks on memory to help prevent malicious code ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000420-GPOS-00186

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  • File Explorer heap termination on corruption must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Legacy plug-in applications may continue to function when a File Explorer session has become corrupt. Disabling this feature ...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • File Explorer shell protocol must run in protected mode.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The shell protocol will limit the set of folders applications can open when run in protected mode. Restricting files an appli...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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  • Windows 11 must be configured to disable Windows Game Recording and Broadcasting.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Windows Game Recording and Broadcasting is intended for use with games; however, it could potentially record screen shots of ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The use of a hardware security device with Windows Hello for Business must be enabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The use of a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) to store keys for Windows Hello for Business provides additional security. Keys st...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • Windows 11 must be configured to require a minimum pin length of six characters or greater.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Windows allows the use of PINs as well as biometrics for authentication without sending a password to a network or website wh...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00156

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  • Passwords must not be saved in the Remote Desktop Client.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Saving passwords in the Remote Desktop Client could allow an unauthorized user to establish a remote desktop session to anoth...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000138-GPOS-00069

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  • Local drives must be prevented from sharing with Remote Desktop Session Hosts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Preventing users from sharing the local drives on their client computers to Remote Session Hosts that they access helps reduc...
    Rule Medium Severity

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