Details

Inadequate physical protection can undermine all other security precautions utilized to protect the system. This can jeopardize the confidentiality, availability, and integrity of the system. Physical security is the first line of protection of any system.

NOTE: Nessus has not performed this check. Please review the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

Ensure servers are located in secure, access-controlled areas.

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_Windows_2012_and_2012_R2_DC_V3R3_STIG.zip

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Configuration Management.This control applies to the following type of system Windows.

References

• 800-53|CM-6b.
• CAT|II
• CCI|CCI-000366
• Rule-ID|SV-226029r794397_rule
• STIG-ID|WN12-00-000001
• STIG-Legacy|SV-52838
• STIG-Legacy|V-1070
• Vuln-ID|V-226029

Source

• Tenable.com/audits