Security: Increase scheduling priority: user right must only be assigned to the Administrators group

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Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.

Accounts with the "Increase scheduling priority" user right can change a scheduling priority, causing performance issues or a denial of service.

Remediation

To fix this configure the policy value for
Computer Configuration
|_ Windows Settings
|_ Security Settings
|_ Local Policies
|_ User Rights Assignment
|_ Increase scheduling priority to include only the following accounts or groups:
- Administrators

STIG: Server
2025: https://system32.eventsentry.com/stig/viewer/V-278254
2022: https://system32.eventsentry.com/stig/viewer/V-254504
2019: https://system32.eventsentry.com/stig/viewer/V-205761
2016: https://system32.eventsentry.com/stig/viewer/V-225083

NIST 800-53 : AC-3, AC-6, CM-6
NIST 800-171: 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.4.6
CMMC v2.0 L2: AC.L2-3.1.1, AC.L2-3.1.2, CM.L2-3.4.6
PCI-DSS v4.0: 2.2.1, 7.2.1
HIPAA SR : ยง164.312(a)(1)
HIPAA HICP : Practice 3 (Identity and Access Management)