CIS Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise Release 1909 Benchmark

17.7 Policy Change

This section contains recommendations for configuring the Policy Change audit policy.

17.7.1 (L1) Ensure 'Audit Audit Policy Change' is set to include 'Success' (Scored)

ProfileApplicability:

 Level 1 (L1) - Corporate/Enterprise Environment (general use)

Description:

This subcategory reports changes in audit policy including SACL changes. Events for this subcategory include:

 4715: The audit policy (SACL) on an object was changed.  4719: System audit policy was changed.  4902: The Per-user audit policy table was created.  4904: An attempt was made to register a security event source.  4905: An attempt was made to unregister a security event source.  4906: The CrashOnAuditFail value has changed.  4907: Auditing settings on object were changed.  4908: Special Groups Logon table modified.  4912: Per User Audit Policy was changed.

The recommended state for this setting is to include: Success .

Rationale:

Auditing these events may be useful when investigating a security incident.

Audit:

Navigate to the UI Path articulated in the Remediation section and confirm it is set as prescribed.

Remediation:

To establish the recommended configuration via GP, set the following UI path to include Success :

Computer Configuration\Policies\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Advanced Audit Policy Configuration\Audit Policies\Policy Change\Audit Audit Policy Change

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