SV-36000r1: The system will be configured to audit "System -> Security State Change" failures. | Windows 7 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

The system will be configured to audit "System -> Security State Change" failures.

Description

Discussion Text

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 detecting 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.

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

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-000172Not mappedCCI-002234CCE-9179-3

Additional Details

Responsibility

System Administrator

References

DPMS Target Windows 7 DISA DPMS Target Windows 7 1712

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.fso.windows:def:3768
# The system will be configured to audit "System -> Security State Change" failures.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# Audit - Security State Change - Failure only
# auditeventpolicysubcategories_object (auditeventpolicysubcategories_test)
function test_1 {
  return ((@{'No Auditing'='AUDIT_NONE';'Success'='AUDIT_SUCCESS';'Failure'='AUDIT_FAILURE';'Success and Failure'='AUDIT_SUCCESS_FAILURE'}[(auditpol /get /subcategory:'Security State Change' /r | ConvertFrom-Csv).'Inclusion Setting']) -eq 'AUDIT_FAILURE')
}
# Audit - Security State Change - Success and Failure
# auditeventpolicysubcategories_object (auditeventpolicysubcategories_test)
function test_2 {
  return ((@{'No Auditing'='AUDIT_NONE';'Success'='AUDIT_SUCCESS';'Failure'='AUDIT_FAILURE';'Success and Failure'='AUDIT_SUCCESS_FAILURE'}[(auditpol /get /subcategory:'Security State Change' /r | ConvertFrom-Csv).'Inclusion Setting']) -eq 'AUDIT_SUCCESS_FAILURE')
}

if ((test_1 -or test_2)) {
  Write-Output "PASS"
} else {
  Write-Output "FAIL"
}

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# OVAL Definition: oval:mil.disa.fso.windows:def:3768
$auditPolicy = Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_LocalGroupPolicyElement -Filter "PolicyType='Security' AND SettingName='Audit System Events'"
if ($auditPolicy -and $auditPolicy.SettingValue -eq '2') {
    $securityStateChange = Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_AuditEventPolicySubCategories
    if ($securityStateChange -and $securityStateChange.AuditEventPolicySubCategories -contains @{security_state_change='AUDIT_FAILURE'}) {
        Write-Output "PASS"; exit 0
    }
}
Write-Output "FAIL"; exit 1

Remediation

Detailed auditing subcategories are configured in Security Settings -> Advanced Audit Policy Configuration.   The summary level settings under Security Settings -> Local Policies -> Audit Policy will not be enforced (see V-14230).

				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.