File auditing configuration must meet minimum requirements.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
WN08-GE-000004	WN08-GE-000004	WN08-GE-000004_rule		Medium

Description
Improper modification of the core system files can render a system inoperable. Further, modifications to these system files can have a significant impact on the security configuration of the system. Auditing of significant modifications made to the system files provides a method of determining the responsible party.

STIG	Date
Windows 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2012-11-21

Details

Check Text ( C-WN08-GE-000004_chk )
If system-level auditing is not enabled, or if the system and data partitions are not installed on NTFS partitions, then mark this as a finding. Open File Explorer and use the file and folder properties function to verify that the audit settings on each partition/drive are configured to audit all "Failures" for the "Everyone" group. If any partition/drive is not configured to at least the minimum requirement, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-WN08-GE-000004_chk )

If system-level auditing is not enabled, or if the system and data partitions are not installed on NTFS partitions, then mark this as a finding.

Open File Explorer and use the file and folder properties function to verify that the audit settings on each partition/drive are configured to audit all "Failures" for the "Everyone" group.

If any partition/drive is not configured to at least the minimum requirement, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-WN08-GE-000004_fix)
Configure auditing on each partition/drive to audit all "Failures" for the "Everyone" group.