System firmware or system controllers must have administrator accounts/passwords configured.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-63327	WN10-00-000015	SV-77817r2_rule		Medium

Description
A system's firmware or system controller handles the initial startup of a system, and its configuration must be protected from unauthorized modification. When the firmware or system controller supports the creation of user accounts or passwords, such protections must be used and accounts/passwords only assigned to system administrators. Failure to protect firmware or system controller settings could result in denial of service or compromise of the system resulting from unauthorized configuration changes.

Description

A system's firmware or system controller handles the initial startup of a system, and its configuration must be protected from unauthorized modification. When the firmware or system controller supports the creation of user accounts or passwords, such protections must be used and accounts/passwords only assigned to system administrators. Failure to protect firmware or system controller settings could result in denial of service or compromise of the system resulting from unauthorized configuration changes.

STIG	Date
Windows 10 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2016-06-24

Details

Check Text ( C-69221r1_chk )
Verify a supervisor or administrator password is set in the firmware or system controller. If a password is not configured, this is a finding. If access is restricted by way of hypervisor configuration settings on virtual systems, this would not be a finding.

Fix Text (F-69247r1_fix)
Configure a supervisor/administrator password in the system firmware.