CIS Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise Release 1909 Benchmark

Impact:

If no audit settings are configured, or if audit settings are too lax on the computers in your organization, security incidents might not be detected or not enough evidence will be available for network forensic analysis after security incidents occur. However, if audit settings are too severe, critically important entries in the Security log may be obscured by all of the meaningless entries and computer performance and the available amount of data storage may be seriously affected. Companies that operate in certain regulated industries may have legal obligations to log certain events or activities.

Default Value:

No Auditing.

CIS Controls:

Version 6

8.3 Limit Use Of External Devices (i.e. USB) Limit use of external devices to those with an approved, documented business need. Monitor for use and attempted use of external devices. Configure laptops, workstations, and servers so that they will not auto-run content from removable media, like USB tokens (i.e., “thumb drives”), USB hard drives, CDs/DVDs, FireWire devices, external serial advanced technology attachment devices, and mounted network shares. Configure systems so that they automatically conduct an anti-malware scan of removable media when inserted.

Version 7

8.4 Configure Anti-Malware Scanning of Removable Devices Configure devices so that they automatically conduct an anti-malware scan of removable media when inserted or connected.

8.5 Configure Devices Not To Auto-run Content Configure devices to not auto-run content from removable media.

13.7 Manage USB Devices If USB storage devices are required, enterprise software should be used that can configure systems to allow the use of specific devices. An inventory of such devices should be maintained.

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