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III - Administrative Classified

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • Users with Administrative privileges must have separate accounts for administrative duties and normal operational tasks.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Using a privileged account to perform routine functions makes the computer vulnerable to malicious software inadvertently int...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000076-GPOS-00044

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    Group
  • Passwords for the built-in Administrator account must be changed at least every 60 days.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The longer a password is in use, the greater the opportunity for someone to gain unauthorized knowledge of the password. The ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • Administrative accounts must not be used with applications that access the Internet, such as web browsers, or with potential Internet sources, such as email.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Using applications that access the Internet or have potential Internet sources using administrative privileges exposes a syst...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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    Group
  • Members of the Backup Operators group must have separate accounts for backup duties and normal operational tasks.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Backup Operators are able to read and write to any file in the system, regardless of the rights assigned to it. Backup and re...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000078-GPOS-00046

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  • Manually managed application account passwords must be at least 15 characters in length.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Application/service account passwords must be of sufficient length to prevent being easily cracked. Application/service accou...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • Manually managed application account passwords must be changed at least annually or when a system administrator with knowledge of the password leaves the organization.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Setting application account passwords to expire may cause applications to stop functioning. However, not changing them on a r...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000104-GPOS-00051

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  • Shared user accounts must not be permitted on the system.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Shared accounts (accounts where two or more people log on with the same user identification) do not provide adequate identifi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000370-GPOS-00155

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    Group
  • Windows Server 2016 must employ a deny-all, permit-by-exception policy to allow the execution of authorized software programs.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Using an allowlist provides a configuration management method to allow the execution of only authorized software. Using only ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • Windows Server 2016 domain-joined systems must have a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) enabled and ready for use.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Credential Guard uses virtualization-based security to protect data that could be used in credential theft attacks if comprom...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • Systems must be maintained at a supported servicing level.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Systems at unsupported servicing levels will not receive security updates for new vulnerabilities, which leave them subject t...
    Rule High Severity

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