Systems must at least attempt device authentication using certificates.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-253377	WN11-CC-000115	SV-253377r829215_rule		Medium

Description
Using certificates to authenticate devices to the domain provides increased security over passwords. By default systems will attempt to authenticate using certificates and fall back to passwords if the domain controller does not support certificates for devices. This may also be configured to always use certificates for device authentication.

STIG	Date
Microsoft Windows 11 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2022-06-24

Details

Check Text ( C-56830r829213_chk )
This requirement is applicable to domain-joined systems, for standalone systems this is NA. The default behavior for "Support device authentication using certificate" is "Automatic". If it exists and is configured with a value of "0", this is a finding. Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Registry Path: \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\Kerberos\Parameters\ Value Name: DevicePKInitEnabled Value Type: REG_DWORD Value: 1 (or if the Value Name does not exist)

Check Text ( C-56830r829213_chk )

This requirement is applicable to domain-joined systems, for standalone systems this is NA.

The default behavior for "Support device authentication using certificate" is "Automatic".

If it exists and is configured with a value of "0", this is a finding.

Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry Path: \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\Kerberos\Parameters\

Value Name: DevicePKInitEnabled
Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1 (or if the Value Name does not exist)

Fix Text (F-56780r829214_fix)
This requirement is applicable to domain-joined systems, for standalone systems this is NA. The default behavior for "Support device authentication using certificate" is "Automatic". To correct this, configured the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> System >> Kerberos >> "Support device authentication using certificate" to "Not Configured or "Enabled" with either option selected in "Device authentication behavior using certificate:".

Fix Text (F-56780r829214_fix)

This requirement is applicable to domain-joined systems, for standalone systems this is NA.

The default behavior for "Support device authentication using certificate" is "Automatic".

To correct this, configured the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> System >> Kerberos >> "Support device authentication using certificate" to "Not Configured or "Enabled" with either option selected in "Device authentication behavior using certificate:".