SV-220845r958478: Windows 10 must be configured to disable Windows Game Recording and Broadcasting. | Microsoft Windows 10 STIG SCAP Benchmark

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

Windows 10 must be configured to disable Windows Game Recording and Broadcasting.

Description

Discussion Text

Windows Game Recording and Broadcasting is intended for use with games, however it could potentially record screen shots of other applications and expose sensitive data. Disabling the feature will prevent this from occurring.

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

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-000381SV-89091V-74417

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:220845
# Windows 10 must be configured to disable Windows Game Recording and Broadcasting.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# Verifies 'Enables or disables Windows Game Recording and Broadcasting' is set to 'Disabled'
# 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\GameDVR').GetValueKind('AllowGameDVR').ToString()]) -eq 'reg_dword') -and (((Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\GameDVR' -Name 'AllowGameDVR' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) | Select-Object -ExpandProperty 'AllowGameDVR') -eq 0))
}

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

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Syntax-checked as valid PowerShell. Not executed here — running it for real needs the actual ms_windows_10 target this check assesses.

# OVAL Definition: oval:mil.disa.stig.windows10:def:220845
$compliant = Test-Path -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\GameDVR\AllowGameDVR" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue && (Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\GameDVR\AllowGameDVR").AllowGameDVR -eq 0
if ($compliant) { Write-Output "PASS"; exit 0 } else { Write-Output "FAIL"; exit 1 }

Remediation

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Windows Components >> Windows Game Recording and Broadcasting >> "Enables or disables Windows Game Recording and Broadcasting" to "Disabled".