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This policy setting determines the length of time before the Account lockout threshold resets to zero. The default value for this policy setting is Not Defined. If the Account lockout threshold is defined, this reset time must be less than or equal to the value for the Account lockout duration setti ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:22386 This policy setting specifies whether or not the user is prompted for a password when the system resumes from sleep. If you enable or do not configure this policy setting, the user is prompted for a password when the system resumes from sleep. If you disable this policy setting, the user is not pr ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:22384 This policy setting manages whether or not Windows is allowed to use standby states when putting the computer in a sleep state. If you enable this policy setting, Windows uses standby states to put the computer in a sleep state. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the only slee ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:29850 This policy setting ignores the customized run list. You can create a customized list of additional programs and documents that the system starts automatically when it runs on Windows Vista, Windows XP Professional, and Windows 2000 Professional. These programs are added to the standard run list of ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:22382 This security setting determines how often a domain member will attempt to change its computer account password. Default: 30 days. Important This setting applies to Windows 2000 computers, but it is not available through the Security Configuration Manager tools on these computers. Fix: (1) GPO: ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:22523 This security setting determines what additional permissions are granted for anonymous connections to the computer. Windows allows anonymous users to perform certain activities, such as enumerating the names of domain accounts and network shares. This is convenient, for example, when an administrat ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:22643 This policy setting specifies whether Terminal Services always prompts the client computer for a password upon connection. You can use this policy setting to enforce a password prompt for users who log on to Terminal Services, even if they already provided the password in the Remote Desktop Connect ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:29963 This policy setting allows you to exclude HTML Help Executable from being monitored by software-enforced Data Execution Prevention. Data Execution Prevention (DEP) is designed to block malicious code that takes advantage of exception-handling mechanisms in Windows by monitoring your progr ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:22376 This policy setting allows you to configure remote access to computers by using Remote Desktop Services. If you enable this policy setting, users who are members of the Remote Desktop Users group on the target computer can connect remotely to the target computer by using Remote Desktop Services. ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:22530 This policy setting controls the behavior of application installation detection for the computer. The options are: - Enabled: (Default for home) When an application installation package is detected that requires elevation of privilege, the user is prompted to enter an administrative user name and ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:22375 This security setting determines what additional permissions will be granted for anonymous connections to the computer. Windows allows anonymous users to perform certain activities, such as enumerating the names of domain accounts and network shares. This is convenient, for example, when an adminis ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:22373 This policy setting controls the behavior of all User Account Control (UAC) policy settings for the computer. If you change this policy setting, you must restart your computer. The options are: - Enabled: (Default) Admin Approval Mode is enabled. This policy must be enabled and related UAC policy ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:22518 This policy setting enforces public key infrastructure (PKI) signature checks for any interactive applications that request elevation of privilege. Enterprise administrators can control which applications are allowed to run by adding certificates to the Trusted Publishers certificate store on local ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:22512 This policy setting determines the length of time that must pass before a locked account is unlocked and a user can try to log on again. The setting does this by specifying the number of minutes a locked out account will remain unavailable. If the value for this policy setting is configured to 0, lo ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:22642 Disabling data execution prevention can allow certain legacy plug-in applications to function without terminating Explorer. Fix: (1) GPO: Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\File Explorer!Turn off Data Execution Prevention for Explorer (2) REG: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SO ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:22363 For the Schannel Security Service Provider (SSP), this security setting disables the weaker Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocols and supports only the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols as a client and as a server (if applicable). If this setting is enabled, Transport Layer Security/Secure Soc ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:22360 This security setting determines the period of time (in days) that a password must be used before the user can change it. You can set a value between 1 and 998 days, or you can allow changes immediately by setting the number of days to 0. The minimum password age must be less than the Maximum passw ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:22469 Autoplay starts to read from a drive as soon as you insert media in the drive, which causes the setup file for programs or audio media to start immediately. An attacker could use this feature to launch a program to damage the computer or data on the computer. You can enable the Turn off Autoplay set ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:22621 This security setting determines which registry paths and subpaths can be accessed over the network, regardless of the users or groups listed in the access control list (ACL) of the winreg registry key. Default: System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Printers System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Even ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:22510 This security setting determines whether a domain member attempts to negotiate signing for all secure channel traffic that it initiates. When a computer joins a domain, a computer account is created. After that, when the system starts, it uses the computer account password to create a secure channe ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:22596 This policy setting controls whether RPC clients authenticate with the Endpoint Mapper Service when the call they are making contains authentication information. The Endpoint Mapper Service on computers running Windows NT4 (all service packs) cannot process authentication information supplied in t ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:22472 This policy setting specifies whether or not the user is prompted for a password when the system resumes from sleep. If you enable or do not configure this policy setting, the user is prompted for a password when the system resumes from sleep. If you disable this policy setting, the user is not pr ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:22592 This policy setting sets the default behavior for Autorun commands. Autorun commands are generally stored in autorun.inf files. They often launch the installation program or other routines. Prior to Windows Vista, when media containing an autorun command is inserted, the sy ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:22591 This policy setting specifies whether the computer that is about to host the remote connection will enforce an encryption level for all data sent between it and the client computer for the remote session. Fix: (1) GPO: Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Remote Deskt ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:22613 This policy setting determines which accounts will not be able to log on to the computer as a batch job. A batch job is not a batch (.bat) file, but rather a batch-queue facility. Accounts that use the Task Scheduler to schedule jobs need this user right. The Deny log on as a batch job user right ov ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:22612 This security setting determines the least number of characters that a password for a user account may contain. You can set a value of between 1 and 14 characters, or you can establish that no password is required by setting the number of characters to 0. Default: 7 on domain controllers. 0 on sta ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:22579 The machine lockout policy is enforced only on those machines that have Bitlocker enabled for protecting OS volumes. Please ensure that appropriate recovery password backup policies are enabled. This security setting determines the number of failed logon attempts that causes the machine to be locke ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:29656 This policy setting determines whether users' private keys (such as their S-MIME keys) require a password to be used. If you configure this policy setting so that users must provide a password distinct from their domain password every time that they use a key, then it will be more difficult for ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:22569 This policy setting ignores customized run-once lists. You can create a customized list of additional programs and documents that are started automatically the next time the system starts (but not thereafter). These programs are added to the standard list of programs and services that the system st ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:22566 LAN Manager (LM) is a family of early Microsoft client/server software that allows users to link personal computers together on a single network. Network capabilities include transparent file and print sharing, user security features, and network administration tools. In Active Directory domains, th ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:22607 This security setting determines the number of unique new passwords that have to be associated with a user account before an old password can be reused. The value must be between 0 and 24 passwords. This policy enables administrators to enhance security by ensuring that old passwords are not reused ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:22571 Specifies whether a Remote Desktop Session Host server requires secure RPC communication with all clients or allows unsecured communication. You can use this setting to strengthen the security of RPC communication with clients by allowing only authenticated and encrypted requests. If the status is ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:22558 This security setting determines the period of time (in days) that a password can be used before the system requires the user to change it. You can set passwords to expire after a number of days between 1 and 999, or you can specify that passwords never expire by setting the number of days to 0. If ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:22437 Windows notices inactivity of a logon session, and if the amount of inactive time exceeds the inactivity limit, then the screen saver will run, locking the session. Default: not enforced. Fix: (1) GPO: Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\Security Options!Inter ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:22556 This security setting determines whether anonymous enumeration of SAM accounts and shares is allowed. Windows allows anonymous users to perform certain activities, such as enumerating the names of domain accounts and network shares. This is convenient, for example, when an administrator wants to gr ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:22561 The registry value entry ScreenSaverGracePeriod was added to the template file in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\ registry key. The entry appears as MSS: (ScreenSaverGracePeriod) The time in seconds before the screen saver grace period expires (0 ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:22546 This policy setting controls whether applications that request to run with a User Interface Accessibility (UIAccess) integrity level must reside in a secure location in the file system. Secure locations are limited to the following: - ?\Program Files\, including subfolders - ?\Windows\system32\ - ? ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:22545 This security setting determines if, at the next password change, the LAN Manager (LM) hash value for the new password is stored. The LM hash is relatively weak and prone to attack, as compared with the cryptographically stronger Windows NT hash. Since the LM hash is stored on the local computer in ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:22424 This policy setting prohibits users from connecting to a computer from across the network, which would allow users to access and potentially modify data remotely. In high security environments, there should be no need for remote users to access data on a computer. Instead, file sharing should be acc ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:22544 This security setting determines if the Guest account is enabled or disabled. Default: Disabled. Note: If the Guest account is disabled and the security option Network Access: Sharing and Security Model for local accounts is set to Guest Only, network logons, such as those performed by the Microso ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:22392 This policy setting determines the number of failed logon attempts before a lock occurs. Authorized users can lock themselves out of an account by mistyping their password or by remembering it incorrectly, or by changing their password on one computer while logged on to another computer. The compute ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:22398 This policy setting controls the behavior of the elevation prompt for standard users. The options are: - Prompt for credentials: (Default) When an operation requires elevation of privilege, the user is prompted to enter an administrative user name and password. If the user enters valid credentials ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:22550 This security setting determines whether passwords must meet complexity requirements. If this policy is enabled, passwords must meet the following minimum requirements: - Not contain the user's account name or parts of the user's full name that exceed two consecutive characters - Be at l ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:22412 This security setting determines whether packet signing is required by the SMB server component. The server message block (SMB) protocol provides the basis for Microsoft file and print sharing and many other networking operations, such as remote Windows administration. To prevent "man-in-the-m ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:22422 Specifies the period of inactivity before Windows turns off the display. If you enable this policy, you must provide a value, in seconds, indicating how much idle time should elapse before Windows turns off the display. If you disable this policy or do not configure it, users can see and change th ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:29561 This policy setting controls the use of fast startup. If you enable this policy setting, the system requires hibernate to be enabled. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the local setting is used. Fix: (1) GPO: Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Shut ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:22517 This policy setting determines whether packet signing is required by the SMB client component. If you enable this policy setting, the Microsoft network client computer cannot communicate with a Microsoft network server unless that server agrees to sign SMB packets. In mixed environments with legacy ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:22488 This policy setting allows you to prevent app notifications from appearing on the lock screen. If you enable this policy setting, no app notifications are displayed on the lock screen. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, users can choose which apps display notifications on ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:22626 This policy setting controls how the RPC server runtime handles unauthenticated RPC clients connecting to RPC servers. This policy setting impacts all RPC applications. In a domain environment this policy setting should be used with caution as it can impact a wide range of functionality includin ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:22500 This policy setting allows you to allow or deny remote access to the Plug and Play interface. If you enable this policy setting, remote connections to the Plug and Play interface are allowed. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, remote connections to the Plug and Pl ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:29942 This policy setting allows you to specify whether to require user authentication for remote connections to the RD Session Host server by using Network Level Authentication. This policy setting enhances security by requiring that user authentication occur earlier in the remote connection process. If ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:22614 Specifies the period of inactivity before Windows turns off the display. If you enable this policy, you must provide a value, in seconds, indicating how much idle time should elapse before Windows turns off the display. If you disable this policy or do not configure it, users can see and change th ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:29017 Disabling heap termination on corruption can allow certain legacy plug-in applications to function without terminating Explorer immediately, although Explorer may still terminate unexpectedly later. Fix: (1) GPO: Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\File Explorer!Turn ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:22585 This policy setting manages whether or not Windows is allowed to use standby states when putting the computer in a sleep state. If you enable this policy setting, Windows uses standby states to put the computer in a sleep state. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the only slee ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:22576 This security setting determines whether all secure channel traffic initiated by the domain member must be signed or encrypted. When a computer joins a domain, a computer account is created. After that, when the system starts, it uses the computer account password to create a secure channel with a ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:29993 This policy setting allows you to prevent Windows from installing removable devices. A device is considered removable when the driver for the device to which it is connected indicates that the device is removable. For example, a Universal Serial Bus (USB) device is reported to be removable by the dr ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:22548 This policy setting prevents connected users from being enumerated on domain-joined computers. If you enable this policy setting, the Logon UI will not enumerate any connected users on domain-joined computers. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, connected users will be enu ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:29185 For a computer to print to a shared printer, the driver for that shared printer must be installed on the local computer. This security setting determines who is allowed to install a printer driver as part of connecting to a shared printer. If this setting is enabled, only Administrators can install ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:22431 Determines how far in advance (in days) users are warned that their password is about to expire. With this advance warning, the user has time to construct a password that is sufficiently strong. Default: 5 days. Fix: (1) GPO: Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policie ... |
