Audit policy using subcategories is enabled.

From Windows 2008 Member Server Security Technical Implementation Guide

Part of Audit Policy Subcategory Setting

Associated with: CCI-000169

SV-29550r1_rule Audit policy using subcategories is enabled.

Vulnerability discussion

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

Check content

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

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”.

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