Disable the built-in admin account.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-16047	4.039	SV-25020r1_rule	IAAC-1	Medium

Description
The built-in administrator account is a well-known account subject to attack. It also provides no accountability to individual administrators on a system.

STIG	Date
Windows 7 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2014-04-02

Details

Check Text ( C-17016r1_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 “Accounts: Administrator account status” is not set to "Disabled”, then this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-16131r1_fix)
Configure the system to disable the built-in administrator account.