Audit of Backup and Restore Privileges is not turned off.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-14229	3.124	SV-29403r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
This policy setting stops the system from generating audit events for every file backed up or restored which could fill the Security log in Windows.

STIG	Date
Windows Vista Security Technical Implementation Guide	2014-06-27

Details

Check Text ( C-11574r1_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: Audit the use of Backup and Restore privilege” is not set to “Disabled”, 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: FullPrivilegeAuditing Value Type: REG_Binary Value: 0

Check Text ( C-11574r1_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: Audit the use of Backup and Restore privilege” is not set to “Disabled”, 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: FullPrivilegeAuditing

Value Type: REG_Binary
Value: 0

Fix Text (F-13553r1_fix)
Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> Security Options -> “Audit: Audit the use of Backup and Restore privilege” to “Disabled”.