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Assessment Title
Rule Text
User accounts with domain level administrative privileges must be members of the Protected Users group in domains with a domain functional level of Windows 2012 R2 or higher.
Description
Discussion Text
User accounts with domain level administrative privileges are highly prized in Pass-the-Hash/credential theft attacks. The Protected Users group provides extra protections to accounts such as preventing authentication using NTLM.
These accounts include Enterprise and Domain Admins as well as other accounts that may have domain level privileges.
The Protected Users group requires a domain functional level of at least Windows 2012 R2 to provide domain level protections.
These accounts include Enterprise and Domain Admins as well as other accounts that may have domain level privileges.
The Protected Users group requires a domain functional level of at least Windows 2012 R2 to provide domain level protections.
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