Auditing: System must be configured to audit DS Access - Directory Service Access failures

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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 detect 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.

Audit Directory Service Access records events related to users accessing an Active Directory object.

Satisfies: SRG-OS-000327-GPOS-00127, SRG-OS-000458-GPOS-00203, SRG-OS-000463-GPOS-00207, SRG-OS-000468-GPOS-00212

Remediation

To fix this configure the policy value for
Computer Configuration
|_ Windows Settings
|_ Security Settings
|_ Advanced Audit Policy Configuration
|_ System Audit Policies
|_ DS Access
|_ Directory Service Access with "Failure" selected.

STIG: Server
2022: https://system32.eventsentry.com/stig/viewer/V-254409
2019: https://system32.eventsentry.com/stig/viewer/V-205792
2016: https://system32.eventsentry.com/stig/viewer/V-224988

NIST 800-53 : AU-2, AU-3, AU-12, AC-2, AC-3, SI-7
NIST 800-171: 3.3.1, 3.3.2, 3.1.1, 3.1.2
CMMC v2.0 L2: AU.L2-3.3.1, AU.L2-3.3.2, AC.L2-3.1.1, AC.L2-3.1.2
PCI-DSS v4.0: 10.2.1, 10.2.1.2, 10.2.1.5
HIPAA SR : §164.312(b), §164.312(a)(1), §164.312(c)(1)
HIPAA HICP : Practice 3 (Identity and Access Management), Practice 6 (Network Management)