Details

If the domain is not configured to restrict privileged administrator accounts from logging on to lower-tier hosts, it would be impossible to isolate administrative accounts to specific trust zones and protect IT resources from threats from high-risk trust zones. Blocking logon to lower-tier assets helps protect IT resources in a tier from being attacked from a lower tier.

Solution

Configure domain systems to prevent higher-tier administrative accounts from logging on to lower-tier hosts.

Assign higher-tier administrative groups to the Deny log on user rights of lower-tier hosts. This includes the following user rights:

Deny log on as a batch job
Deny log on as a service
Deny log on locally

Domain and Enterprise Admins are currently required to be included in the appropriate deny user rights in the Windows STIGs for member servers and workstations.

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_Windows_PAW_V2R1_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
• CSCv6|16
• Rule-ID|SV-243453r722930_rule
• STIG-ID|WPAW-00-001200
• STIG-Legacy|SV-92873
• STIG-Legacy|V-78167
• Vuln-ID|V-243453

Source

• Tenable.com/audits