WINER-000003 - The system must be configured to save Error Reporting events and messages to the system event log.

Information

Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, and analyze compromises that have occurred, as well as detect attacks. This setting ensures that Error Reporting events will be saved in the system event log.

Solution

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Error Reporting -> 'Disable logging' to 'Disabled'.

See Also

http://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/Oct2016/U_Windows_Vista_V6R41_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

References: 800-53|SI-11a., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001312, Rule-ID|SV-16653r2_rule, STIG-ID|WINER-000003, Vuln-ID|V-15714

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 85c73215b2708355fe17c75add123d8a233987460c430627574188054e9986a1