Audit policy using subcategories is enabled.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-14230	3.125	SV-14841r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
This policy setting allows administrators to enable the more precise auditing capabilities present in Windows Vista and later.

STIG	Date
Windows Vista Security Technical Implementation Guide	2013-10-01

Details

Check Text ( C-11575r1_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: Force audit policy subcategory settings (Windows Vista or later) to override audit policy category settings” is not set to “Enabled”, 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: SCENoApplyLegacyAuditPolicy Value Type: REG_DWORD Value: 1

Check Text ( C-11575r1_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: Force audit policy subcategory settings (Windows Vista or later) to override audit policy category settings” is not set to “Enabled”, 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: SCENoApplyLegacyAuditPolicy

Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

Fix Text (F-13554r1_fix)
Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> Security Options -> “Audit: Force audit policy subcategory settings (Windows Vista or later) to override audit policy category settings” to “Enabled”.