Windows 2008 Member Server Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Severity

Version

V6 · R46

CurrentPublished Wed Jun 17 2020

The system is configured to prevent background refresh of Group Policy.

Windows 2008 Member Server Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

The system is configured to prevent background refresh of Group Policy.

Description

Discussion Text

If this setting is enabled, then Group Policy settings are not refreshed while a user is currently logged on. This could lead to instances when a user does not have the latest changes to a policy applied and is therefore operating in an insecure context.

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Objective

V-3469

Rule

SV-29606r2_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

3.080

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Review the registry.
If the following registry value does not exist, this is not a finding (This is the expected result from configuring the policy as outlined in the Fix section).
If the following registry value does exist but is not configured as specified, this is a finding.

Registry Hive:   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Subkey:  \Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\system\

Value Name:  DisableBkGndGroupPolicy

Type:   REG_DWORD
Value:   0

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Configure the system to require Group Policy background refresh by setting the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System -> Group Policy "Turn Off Background Refresh of Group Policy"  to "Disabled".

STIG check 176 of 215 in the Windows 2008 Member Server STIG checklist

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