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CIS SQL Server 2017 Database L1 AWS RDS v1.2.0

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Audit Details

Name: CIS SQL Server 2017 Database L1 AWS RDS v1.2.0

Updated: 10/23/2023

Authority: CIS

Plugin: MS_SQLDB

Revision: 1.1

Estimated Item Count: 37

File Details

Filename: CIS_Microsoft_SQL_Server_2017_Database_v1.2.0_Level_1_AWS_RDS_Database.audit

Size: 72.5 kB

MD5: 1b5cc45172833adfdb7e611f4d923540
SHA256: efaec4ae555c3316f117be9a05e00d0e3971137cb3f651f8ce8ade8fa134eaeb

Audit Items

DescriptionCategories
1.1 Ensure Latest SQL Server Cumulative and Security Updates are Installed
2.1 Ensure 'Ad Hoc Distributed Queries' Server Configuration Option is set to '0'
2.2 Ensure 'CLR Enabled' Server Configuration Option is set to '0'
2.3 Ensure 'Cross DB Ownership Chaining' Server Configuration Option is set to '0'
2.4 Ensure 'Database Mail XPs' Server Configuration Option is set to '0'
2.5 Ensure 'Ole Automation Procedures' Server Configuration Option is set to '0'
2.6 Ensure 'Remote Access' Server Configuration Option is set to '0'
2.7 Ensure 'Remote Admin Connections' Server Configuration Option is set to '0'
2.8 Ensure 'Scan For Startup Procs' Server Configuration Option is set to '0'
2.11 Ensure SQL Server is configured to use non-standard ports
2.13 Ensure the 'sa' Login Account is set to 'Disabled'
2.14 Ensure the 'sa' Login Account has been renamed
2.15 Ensure 'xp_cmdshell' Server Configuration Option is set to '0'
2.16 Ensure 'AUTO_CLOSE' is set to 'OFF' on contained databases
2.17 Ensure no login exists with the name 'sa'
2.18 Ensure 'clr strict security' Server Configuration Option is set to '1'
3.1 Ensure 'Server Authentication' Property is set to 'Windows Authentication Mode'
3.2 Ensure CONNECT permissions on the 'guest' user is Revoked within all SQL Server databases excluding the master, msdb and tempdb
3.3 Ensure 'Orphaned Users' are Dropped From SQL Server Databases
3.4 Ensure SQL Authentication is not used in contained databases
3.5 Ensure the SQL Server's MSSQL Service Account is Not an Administrator
3.6 Ensure the SQL Server's SQLAgent Service Account is Not an Administrator
3.7 Ensure the SQL Server's Full-Text Service Account is Not an Administrator
3.8 Ensure only the default permissions specified by Microsoft are granted to the public server role
3.9 Ensure Windows BUILTIN groups are not SQL Logins
3.10 Ensure Windows local groups are not SQL Logins
4.2 Ensure 'CHECK_EXPIRATION' Option is set to 'ON' for All SQL Authenticated Logins Within the Sysadmin Role
4.3 Ensure 'CHECK_POLICY' Option is set to 'ON' for All SQL Authenticated Logins
5.1 Ensure 'Maximum number of error log files' is set to greater than or equal to '12'
5.2 Ensure 'Default Trace Enabled' Server Configuration Option is set to '1'
5.3 Ensure 'Login Auditing' is set to 'failed logins'
5.4 Ensure 'SQL Server Audit' is set to capture both 'failed' and 'successful logins' - AUDIT_CHANGE_GROUP
5.4 Ensure 'SQL Server Audit' is set to capture both 'failed' and 'successful logins' - FAILED_LOGIN_GROUP
5.4 Ensure 'SQL Server Audit' is set to capture both 'failed' and 'successful logins' - SUCCESSFUL_LOGIN_GROUP
6.2 Ensure 'CLR Assembly Permission Set' is set to 'SAFE_ACCESS' for All CLR Assemblies
7.1 Ensure 'Symmetric Key encryption algorithm' is set to 'AES_128' or higher in non-system databases
7.2 Ensure Asymmetric Key Size is set to 'greater than or equal to 2048' in non-system databases