SV-220833r991589: If Enhanced diagnostic data is enabled it must be limited to the minimum required to support Windows Analytics. | Microsoft Windows 10 STIG SCAP Benchmark

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

If Enhanced diagnostic data is enabled it must be limited to the minimum required to support Windows Analytics.

Description

Discussion Text

Some features may communicate with the vendor, sending system information or downloading data or components for the feature. Limiting this capability will prevent potentially sensitive information from being sent outside the enterprise. The "Enhanced" level for telemetry includes additional information beyond "Security" and "Basic" on how Windows and apps are used and advanced reliability data. Windows Analytics can use a "limited enhanced" level to provide information such as health data for devices.

How this relates to the STIG checklist: STIG vs SCAP benchmark.

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-000366SV-96859V-82145

References

DPMS Target Microsoft Windows 10 DISA DPMS Target Microsoft Windows 10 4072

SCC Automation Reference

The reconstructed evaluation script behind this rule's OVAL check(s) — every module a compound check combines, with this rule's own concrete values and DISA's SCC tool's real per-module mechanism curated from static teardown of SCC releases.

# Windows PowerShell
# Reconstructed from oval:mil.disa.stig.windows10:def:220833
# If Enhanced diagnostic data is enabled it must be limited to the minimum required to support Windows Analytics.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# Enhanced diagnostic data is limited to the minimum required to support Windows Analytics.
# registry_object (registry_test)
function test_1 {
  return (((@{String='reg_sz';ExpandString='reg_expand_sz';Binary='reg_binary';DWord='reg_dword';MultiString='reg_multi_sz';QWord='reg_qword';None='reg_none'}[(Get-Item -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection').GetValueKind('LimitEnhancedDiagnosticDataWindowsAnalytics').ToString()]) -eq 'reg_dword') -and (((Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection' -Name 'LimitEnhancedDiagnosticDataWindowsAnalytics' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) | Select-Object -ExpandProperty 'LimitEnhancedDiagnosticDataWindowsAnalytics') -eq 1))
}

if (test_1) {
  Write-Output "PASS"
} else {
  Write-Output "FAIL"
}

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# OVAL Definition: oval:mil.disa.stig.windows10:def:220833
$registryPath = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection"
$registryKey = "LimitEnhancedDiagnosticDataWindowsAnalytics"
if (Test-Path $registryPath) {
    $registryValue = Get-ItemProperty -Path $registryPath -Name $registryKey -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    if ($registryValue -and $registryValue.$registryKey -eq 1) {
        Write-Output "PASS"
        exit 0
    }
}
Write-Output "FAIL"
exit 1

Remediation

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Windows Components >> Data Collection and Preview Builds >> "Limit Enhanced diagnostic data to the minimum required by Windows Analytics" to "Enabled" with "Enable Windows Analytics collection" selected in "Options:".