WN12-AU-000015 - The system must be configured to audit Account Management - Other Account Management Events successes.

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. Audit logs are necessary to provide a trail of evidence in case the system or network is compromised. Collecting this data is essential for analyzing the security of information assets and detecting signs of suspicious and unexpected behavior.

Other Account Management Events records events such as the access of a password hash or the Password Policy Checking API being called.

Solution

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Advanced Audit Policy Configuration -> System Audit Policies -> Account Management -> 'Audit Other Account Management Events' with 'Success' selected.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_Windows_2012_and_2012_R2_MS_V3R7_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

References: 800-53|AC-6(9), 800-53|AU-12c., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000172, CCI|CCI-002234, Rule-ID|SV-225277r852184_rule, STIG-ID|WN12-AU-000015, STIG-Legacy|SV-53009, STIG-Legacy|V-26533, Vuln-ID|V-225277

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 4bed2ec71be0b0d813035951a0569d8c276b417259434afeceedad4460a5103d