WNDF-AV-000014 - Windows Defender AV must be configured to not allow override of monitoring for incoming and outgoing file activity.

Information

This policy setting configures a local override for the configuration of monitoring for incoming and outgoing file activity. This setting can only be set by Group Policy. If you enable this setting the local preference setting will take priority over Group Policy. If you disable or do not configure this setting Group Policy will take priority over the local preference setting.

Solution

Set the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Defender Antivirus -> Real-time Protection -> 'Configure local setting override for monitoring for incoming and outgoing file activity' to 'Disabled' or 'Not Configured'.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_Windows_Defender_Antivirus_V1R9_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

References: 800-53|SI-3, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001695, Rule-ID|SV-89893r2_rule, STIG-ID|WNDF-AV-000014, Vuln-ID|V-75213

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: ad5032831fe456550f3eff3ed6452ae20393ddd4974d95e5297c59d514de38ac