The "DCOM: Machine access Restrictions in Security Descriptor Definition Language (SDDL) syntax" setting should be configured correctly. CCE-458 DCOM: Machine access of the global system objects Table: 5.9 Value: disabled MachineAccessRestrictions oval:gov.nist.fdcc.xp:def:608243 oval:org.secpod.oval:def:15289 BITS Shared Assessments SIG v6.0 Jericho Forum HIPAA/HITECH Act FedRAMP Security Controls(Final Release Jan 2012)--LOW IMPACT LEVEL-- ISO/IEC 27001-2005 COBIT 4.1 GAPP (Aug 2009) NERC CIP NIST SP800-53 R3 AC-3 NIST SP800-53 R3 CM-6 NIST SP800-53 R3 CM-7 NIST SP800-53 R3 SC-5 PCIDSS v2.0 FedRAMP Security Controls(Final Release Jan 2012)--MODERATE IMPACT LEVEL-- BITS Shared Assessments AUP v5.0 CCE Version 4.2 2008-02-15 Guidance for Securing Microsoft Windows XP Systems for IT Professionals: A NIST Security Configuration Checklist NIST 2005-10-01 Murugiah Souppaya Karen Kent Paul M. Johnson Prose(pdf) FDCC: Guidance for Securing Microsoft Windows XP Systems for IT Professional (XCCDF Benchmark) NIST 2008-01-10 XCCDF FDCC: Guidance for Securing Microsoft Windows XP Systems for IT Professional (OVAL Definitions) NIST 2008-01-10 OVAL SCAP Repo OVAL Definition 2013-09-05 BITS Shared Assessments SIG v6.0 2012-10-12 Jericho Forum 2012-10-12 HIPAA/HITECH Act 2012-10-12 ISO/IEC 27001-2005 2012-10-12 COBIT 4.1 2012-10-12 GAPP (Aug 2009) 2012-10-12 NERC CIP 2012-10-12 NIST SP800-53 R3 2012-10-12 PCIDSS v2.0 2012-10-12 BITS Shared Assessments AUP v5.0 2012-10-12