The system must be configured to audit System - Security State Change failures.

From Windows 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Part of Audit - Security State Change - Failure

Associated with IA controls: ECAR-3, ECAR-2

SV-48405r1_rule The system must be configured to audit System - Security State Change failures.

Vulnerability discussion

"Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, and analyze compromises that have occurred, as well as detect attacks. Audit logs are necessary to provide a trail of evidence in case the system or network is compromised. Collecting this data is essential for analyzing the security of information assets and detecting signs of suspicious and unexpected behavior.Security State Change records events related to changes in the security state such as startup and shutdown of the system."

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Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Advanced Audit Policy Configuration -> System Audit Policies -> System -> "Audit Security State Change" with "Failure" selected.

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