III - Administrative Classified
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Users with Administrative privileges must have separate accounts for administrative duties and normal operational tasks.
<VulnDiscussion>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
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Passwords for the built-in Administrator account must be changed at least every 60 days.
<VulnDiscussion>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
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Administrative accounts must not be used with applications that access the Internet, such as web browsers, or with potential Internet sources, such as email.
<VulnDiscussion>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
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Members of the Backup Operators group must have separate accounts for backup duties and normal operational tasks.
<VulnDiscussion>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
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Manually managed application account passwords must be at least 14 characters in length.
<VulnDiscussion>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
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Manually managed application account passwords must be changed at least annually or when a system administrator with knowledge of the password leaves the organization.
<VulnDiscussion>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
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Shared user accounts must not be permitted on the system.
<VulnDiscussion>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
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Windows Server 2016 must employ a deny-all, permit-by-exception policy to allow the execution of authorized software programs.
<VulnDiscussion>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
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Windows Server 2016 domain-joined systems must have a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) enabled and ready for use.
<VulnDiscussion>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
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Systems must be maintained at a supported servicing level.
<VulnDiscussion>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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