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Audit of Backup and Restore Privileges is not turned off.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-14229 3.124 SV-29404r1_rule Medium
Description
This policy setting stops the system from generating audit events for every file backed up or restored which could fill the Security log in Windows.
STIG Date
Windows 2008 Member Server Security Technical Implementation Guide 2019-06-18

Details

Check Text ( C-11574r1_chk )
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: Audit the use of Backup and Restore privilege” is not set to “Disabled”, 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: FullPrivilegeAuditing

Value Type: REG_Binary
Value: 0
Fix Text (F-13553r1_fix)
Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> Security Options -> “Audit: Audit the use of Backup and Restore privilege” to “Disabled”.