The system will be configured to enable the background refresh of Group Policy.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-3469	3.080	SV-32344r2_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
If this setting is enabled, then Group Policy settings are not refreshed while a user is currently logged on. This could lead to instances when a user does not have the latest changes to a policy applied and is therefore operating in an insecure context.

STIG	Date
Windows Server 2008 R2 Member Server Security Technical Implementation Guide	2012-08-28

Details

Check Text ( C-40666r1_chk )
Review the registry. If the following registry value does not exist, this is not a finding (This is the expected result from configuring the policy as outlined in the Fix section). If the following registry value does exist but is not configured as specified, this is a finding. Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Subkey: \Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\system\ Value Name: DisableBkGndGroupPolicy Type: REG_DWORD Value: 0

Check Text ( C-40666r1_chk )

Review the registry.
If the following registry value does not exist, this is not a finding (This is the expected result from configuring the policy as outlined in the Fix section).
If the following registry value does exist but is not configured as specified, this is a finding.

Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Subkey: \Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\system\

Value Name: DisableBkGndGroupPolicy

Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0

Fix Text (F-5684r1_fix)
Configure the system to require Group Policy background refresh by setting the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System -> Group Policy “Turn Off Background Refresh of Group Policy” to “Disabled”.