Title

Audit policy using subcategories is enabled. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

This policy setting allows administrators to enable the more precise auditing capabilities present in Windows Vista and later.

Check Content

Analyze the system using the Security Configuration and Analysis snap-in. Expand the Security Configuration and Analysis tree view. Navigate to Local Policies -> Security Options. If the value for “Audit: Force audit policy subcategory settings (Windows Vista or later) to override audit policy category settings” is not set to “Enabled”, then this is a finding. The policy referenced configures the following registry value: Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Registry Path: \System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\ Value Name: SCENoApplyLegacyAuditPolicy Value Type: REG_DWORD Value: 1

Fix Text

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> Security Options -> “Audit: Force audit policy subcategory settings (Windows Vista or later) to override audit policy category settings” to “Enabled”.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-29550r1_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-14230

Group Title: Audit Policy Subcategory Setting

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