| 1.1 Ensure Latest SQL Server Service Packs and Hotfixes are Installed | SYSTEM AND SERVICES ACQUISITION |
| 2.1 Ensure 'Ad Hoc Distributed Queries' Server Configuration Option is set to '0' | SECURITY ASSESSMENT AND AUTHORIZATION, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION |
| 2.2 Ensure 'CLR Enabled' Server Configuration Option is set to '0' | CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT |
| 2.3 Ensure 'Cross DB Ownership Chaining' Server Configuration Option is set to '0' | ACCESS CONTROL, MEDIA PROTECTION |
| 2.4 Ensure 'Database Mail XPs' Server Configuration Option is set to '0' | SECURITY ASSESSMENT AND AUTHORIZATION, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION |
| 2.5 Ensure 'Ole Automation Procedures' Server Configuration Option is set to '0' | CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, SYSTEM AND SERVICES ACQUISITION |
| 2.6 Ensure 'Remote Access' Server Configuration Option is set to '0' | SECURITY ASSESSMENT AND AUTHORIZATION, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION |
| 2.7 Ensure 'Remote Admin Connections' Server Configuration Option is set to '0' | SECURITY ASSESSMENT AND AUTHORIZATION, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION |
| 2.8 Ensure 'Scan For Startup Procs' Server Configuration Option is set to '0' | CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, SYSTEM AND SERVICES ACQUISITION |
| 2.9 Ensure 'Trustworthy' Database Property is set to 'Off' | ACCESS CONTROL, MEDIA PROTECTION |
| 2.11 Ensure SQL Server is configured to use non-standard ports | SECURITY ASSESSMENT AND AUTHORIZATION, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION |
| 2.12 Ensure 'Hide Instance' option is set to 'Yes' for Production SQL Server instances | SECURITY ASSESSMENT AND AUTHORIZATION, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION |
| 2.13 Ensure the 'sa' Login Account is set to 'Disabled' | ACCESS CONTROL |
| 2.14 Ensure the 'sa' Login Account has been renamed | CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, SYSTEM AND SERVICES ACQUISITION |
| 2.15 Ensure 'xp_cmdshell' Server Configuration Option is set to '0' | SECURITY ASSESSMENT AND AUTHORIZATION, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION |
| 2.16 Ensure 'AUTO_CLOSE' is set to 'OFF' on contained databases | CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, SYSTEM AND SERVICES ACQUISITION |
| 2.17 Ensure no login exists with the name 'sa' | CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, SYSTEM AND SERVICES ACQUISITION |
| 3.1 Ensure 'Server Authentication' Property is set to 'Windows Authentication Mode' | ACCESS CONTROL |
| 3.2 Ensure CONNECT permissions on the 'guest' user is Revoked within all SQL Server databases | ACCESS CONTROL, MEDIA PROTECTION |
| 3.3 Ensure 'Orphaned Users' are Dropped From SQL Server Databases | ACCESS CONTROL |
| 3.4 Ensure SQL Authentication is not used in contained databases | ACCESS CONTROL |
| 3.8 Ensure only the default permissions specified by Microsoft are granted to the public server role | ACCESS CONTROL, MEDIA PROTECTION |
| 3.9 Ensure Windows BUILTIN groups are not SQL Logins | ACCESS CONTROL, MEDIA PROTECTION |
| 3.10 Ensure Windows local groups are not SQL Logins | ACCESS CONTROL, MEDIA PROTECTION |
| 3.11 Ensure the public role in the msdb database is not granted access to SQL Agent proxies | ACCESS CONTROL, MEDIA PROTECTION |
| 4.1 Ensure 'MUST_CHANGE' Option is set to 'ON' for All SQL Authenticated Logins | IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION |
| 4.2 Ensure 'CHECK_EXPIRATION' Option is set to 'ON' for All SQL Authenticated Logins Within the Sysadmin Role | ACCESS CONTROL |
| 4.3 Ensure 'CHECK_POLICY' Option is set to 'ON' for All SQL Authenticated Logins | IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION |
| 5.1 Ensure 'Maximum number of error log files' is set to greater than or equal to '12' | AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY |
| 5.2 Ensure 'Default Trace Enabled' Server Configuration Option is set to '1' | AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY |
| 5.3 Ensure 'Login Auditing' is set to 'failed logins' | AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY |
| 5.4 Ensure 'SQL Server Audit' is set to capture both 'failed' and 'successful logins' | AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY |
| 6.1 Ensure Database and Application User Input is Sanitized | SYSTEM AND SERVICES ACQUISITION |
| 6.2 Ensure 'CLR Assembly Permission Set' is set to 'SAFE_ACCESS' for All CLR Assemblies | CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, SYSTEM AND SERVICES ACQUISITION |
| 7.1 Ensure 'Symmetric Key encryption algorithm' is set to 'AES_128' or higher in non-system databases | ACCESS CONTROL, IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION |
| 7.2 Ensure Asymmetric Key Size is set to 'greater than or equal to 2048' in non-system databases | ACCESS CONTROL, IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION |
| 8.1 Ensure 'SQL Server Browser Service' is configured correctly | SECURITY ASSESSMENT AND AUTHORIZATION, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION |
