Local volumes must be formatted using NTFS.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
WN08-GE-000005	WN08-GE-000005	WN08-GE-000005_rule		High

Description
The ability to set access permissions and auditing is critical to maintaining the security and proper access controls of a system. To support this, volumes must be formatted using the NTFS file system.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-WN08-GE-000005_chk )
Open the Computer Management Console. Expand the "Storage" object in the Tree window. Select the "Disk Management" object. If the file system column does not indicate "NTFS" as the file system for each local hard drive, this is a finding. Some hardware vendors create a small FAT partition to store troubleshooting and recovery data. No other files must be stored here. This must be documented with the IAO.

Check Text ( C-WN08-GE-000005_chk )

Open the Computer Management Console.
Expand the "Storage" object in the Tree window.
Select the "Disk Management" object.

If the file system column does not indicate "NTFS" as the file system for each local hard drive, this is a finding.

Some hardware vendors create a small FAT partition to store troubleshooting and recovery data. No other files must be stored here. This must be documented with the IAO.

Fix Text (F-WN08-GE-000005_fix)
Format all partitions/drives to use NTFS.