The built-in administrator account must be disabled.

From Windows 7 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with: CCI-000764

SV-25020r2_rule The built-in administrator account must be disabled.

Vulnerability discussion

The built-in administrator account is a well-known account subject to attack. It also provides no accountability to individual administrators on a system. It must be disabled to prevent its use.

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 "Accounts: Administrator account status" is not set to "Disabled", this is a finding.

Fix text

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> Security Options >> "Accounts: Administrator account status" to "Disabled".

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