Microsoft Windows 11 v1r6

Released 2024-05-02


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WN11-00-000005Domain-joined systems must use Windows 11 Enterprise Edition 64-bit version.
WN11-00-000010Windows 11 domain-joined systems must have a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) enabled.
WN11-00-000015Windows 11 systems must have Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) firmware and be configured to run in UEFI mode, not Legacy BIOS.
WN11-00-000020Secure Boot must be enabled on Windows 11 systems.
WN11-00-000025Windows 11 must employ automated mechanisms to determine the state of system components with regard to flaw remediation using the following frequency: continuously, where ESS is used; 30 days, for any additional internal network scans not covered by ESS; and annually, for external scans by Computer Network Defense Service Provider (CNDSP).
WN11-00-000030Windows 11 information systems must use BitLocker to encrypt all disks to protect the confidentiality and integrity of all information at rest.
WN11-00-000031Windows 11 systems must use a BitLocker PIN for pre-boot authentication.
WN11-00-000032Windows 11 systems must use a BitLocker PIN with a minimum length of six digits for pre-boot authentication.
WN11-00-000035The operating system must employ a deny-all, permit-by-exception policy to allow the execution of authorized software programs.
WN11-00-000040Windows 11 systems must be maintained at a supported servicing level.
WN11-00-000045The Windows 11 system must use an antivirus program.
WN11-00-000050Local volumes must be formatted using NTFS.
WN11-00-000055Alternate operating systems must not be permitted on the same system.
WN11-00-000060Non-system-created file shares on a system must limit access to groups that require it.
WN11-00-000065Unused accounts must be disabled or removed from the system after 35 days of inactivity.
WN11-00-000070Only accounts responsible for the administration of a system must have Administrator rights on the system.
WN11-00-000075Only accounts responsible for the backup operations must be members of the Backup Operators group.
WN11-00-000080Only authorized user accounts must be allowed to create or run virtual machines on Windows 11 systems.
WN11-00-000085Standard local user accounts must not exist on a system in a domain.
WN11-00-000090Accounts must be configured to require password expiration.
WN11-00-000095Permissions for system files and directories must conform to minimum requirements.
WN11-00-000100Internet Information System (IIS) or its subcomponents must not be installed on a workstation.
WN11-00-000105Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) must not be installed on the system.
WN11-00-000110Simple TCP/IP Services must not be installed on the system.
WN11-00-000115The Telnet Client must not be installed on the system.
WN11-00-000120The TFTP Client must not be installed on the system.
WN11-00-000130Software certificate installation files must be removed from Windows 11.
WN11-00-000135A host-based firewall must be installed and enabled on the system.
WN11-00-000140Inbound exceptions to the firewall on Windows 11 domain workstations must only allow authorized remote management hosts.
WN11-00-000145Data Execution Prevention (DEP) must be configured to at least OptOut.
WN11-00-000150Structured Exception Handling Overwrite Protection (SEHOP) must be enabled.
WN11-00-000155The Windows PowerShell 2.0 feature must be disabled on the system.
WN11-00-000160The Server Message Block (SMB) v1 protocol must be disabled on the system.
WN11-00-000165The Server Message Block (SMB) v1 protocol must be disabled on the SMB server.
WN11-00-000170The Server Message Block (SMB) v1 protocol must be disabled on the SMB client.
WN11-00-000175The Secondary Logon service must be disabled on Windows 11.
WN11-00-000190Orphaned security identifiers (SIDs) must be removed from user rights on Windows 11.
WN11-00-000210Bluetooth must be turned off unless approved by the organization.
WN11-00-000220Bluetooth must be turned off when not in use.
WN11-00-000230The system must notify the user when a Bluetooth device attempts to connect.
WN11-00-000240Administrative accounts must not be used with applications that access the internet, such as web browsers, or with potential internet sources, such as email.
WN11-00-000250Windows 11 nonpersistent VM sessions must not exceed 24 hours.
WN11-00-000260The Windows 11 time service must synchronize with an appropriate DOD time source.
WN11-00-000395Windows 11 must not have portproxy enabled or in use.
WN11-AC-000005Windows 11 account lockout duration must be configured to 15 minutes or greater.
WN11-AC-000010The number of allowed bad logon attempts must be configured to three or less.
WN11-AC-000015The period of time before the bad logon counter is reset must be configured to 15 minutes.
WN11-AC-000020The password history must be configured to 24 passwords remembered.
WN11-AC-000025The maximum password age must be configured to 60 days or less.
WN11-AC-000030The minimum password age must be configured to at least 1 day.
WN11-AC-000035Passwords must, at a minimum, be 14 characters.
WN11-AC-000040The built-in Microsoft password complexity filter must be enabled.
WN11-AC-000045Reversible password encryption must be disabled.
WN11-AU-000005The system must be configured to audit Account Logon - Credential Validation failures.
WN11-AU-000010The system must be configured to audit Account Logon - Credential Validation successes.
WN11-AU-000030The system must be configured to audit Account Management - Security Group Management successes.
WN11-AU-000035The system must be configured to audit Account Management - User Account Management failures.
WN11-AU-000040The system must be configured to audit Account Management - User Account Management successes.
WN11-AU-000045The system must be configured to audit Detailed Tracking - PNP Activity successes.
WN11-AU-000050The system must be configured to audit Detailed Tracking - Process Creation successes.
WN11-AU-000054The system must be configured to audit Logon/Logoff - Account Lockout failures.
WN11-AU-000060The system must be configured to audit Logon/Logoff - Group Membership successes.
WN11-AU-000065The system must be configured to audit Logon/Logoff - Logoff successes.
WN11-AU-000070The system must be configured to audit Logon/Logoff - Logon failures.
WN11-AU-000075The system must be configured to audit Logon/Logoff - Logon successes.
WN11-AU-000080The system must be configured to audit Logon/Logoff - Special Logon successes.
WN11-AU-000081Windows 11 must be configured to audit Object Access - File Share failures.
WN11-AU-000082Windows 11 must be configured to audit Object Access - File Share successes.
WN11-AU-000083Windows 11 must be configured to audit Object Access - Other Object Access Events successes.
WN11-AU-000084Windows 11 must be configured to audit Object Access - Other Object Access Events failures.
WN11-AU-000085The system must be configured to audit Object Access - Removable Storage failures.
WN11-AU-000090The system must be configured to audit Object Access - Removable Storage successes.
WN11-AU-000100The system must be configured to audit Policy Change - Audit Policy Change successes.
WN11-AU-000105The system must be configured to audit Policy Change - Authentication Policy Change successes.
WN11-AU-000107The system must be configured to audit Policy Change - Authorization Policy Change successes.
WN11-AU-000110The system must be configured to audit Privilege Use - Sensitive Privilege Use failures.
WN11-AU-000115The system must be configured to audit Privilege Use - Sensitive Privilege Use successes.
WN11-AU-000120The system must be configured to audit System - IPsec Driver failures.
WN11-AU-000130The system must be configured to audit System - Other System Events successes.
WN11-AU-000135The system must be configured to audit System - Other System Events failures.
WN11-AU-000140The system must be configured to audit System - Security State Change successes.
WN11-AU-000150The system must be configured to audit System - Security System Extension successes.
WN11-AU-000155The system must be configured to audit System - System Integrity failures.
WN11-AU-000160The system must be configured to audit System - System Integrity successes.
WN11-AU-000500The Application event log size must be configured to 32768 KB or greater.
WN11-AU-000505The Security event log size must be configured to 1024000 KB or greater.
WN11-AU-000510The System event log size must be configured to 32768 KB or greater.
WN11-AU-000515Windows 11 permissions for the Application event log must prevent access by non-privileged accounts.
WN11-AU-000520Windows 11 permissions for the Security event log must prevent access by non-privileged accounts.
WN11-AU-000525Windows 11 permissions for the System event log must prevent access by non-privileged accounts.
WN11-AU-000550Windows 11 must be configured to audit Other Policy Change Events Successes.
WN11-AU-000555Windows 11 must be configured to audit Other Policy Change Events Failures.
WN11-AU-000560Windows 11 must be configured to audit other Logon/Logoff Events Successes.
WN11-AU-000565Windows 11 must be configured to audit other Logon/Logoff Events Failures.
WN11-AU-000570Windows 11 must be configured to audit Detailed File Share Failures.
WN11-AU-000575Windows 11 must be configured to audit MPSSVC Rule-Level Policy Change Successes.
WN11-AU-000580Windows 11 must be configured to audit MPSSVC Rule-Level Policy Change Failures.
WN11-AU-000585Windows 11 must have command line process auditing events enabled for failures.
WN11-CC-000005Camera access from the lock screen must be disabled.
WN11-CC-000007Windows 11 must cover or disable the built-in or attached camera when not in use.
WN11-CC-000010The display of slide shows on the lock screen must be disabled.
WN11-CC-000020IPv6 source routing must be configured to highest protection.
WN11-CC-000025The system must be configured to prevent IP source routing.
WN11-CC-000030The system must be configured to prevent Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) redirects from overriding Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) generated routes.
WN11-CC-000035The system must be configured to ignore NetBIOS name release requests except from WINS servers.
WN11-CC-000037Local administrator accounts must have their privileged token filtered to prevent elevated privileges from being used over the network on domain systems.
WN11-CC-000038WDigest Authentication must be disabled.
WN11-CC-000039Run as different user must be removed from context menus.
WN11-CC-000040Insecure logons to an SMB server must be disabled.
WN11-CC-000044Internet connection sharing must be disabled.
WN11-CC-000050Hardened UNC Paths must be defined to require mutual authentication and integrity for at least the \\*\SYSVOL and \\*\NETLOGON shares.
WN11-CC-000052Windows 11 must be configured to prioritize ECC Curves with longer key lengths first.
WN11-CC-000055Simultaneous connections to the internet or a Windows domain must be limited.
WN11-CC-000060Connections to non-domain networks when connected to a domain authenticated network must be blocked.
WN11-CC-000065Wi-Fi Sense must be disabled.
WN11-CC-000066Command line data must be included in process creation events.
WN11-CC-000068Windows 11 must be configured to enable Remote host allows delegation of non-exportable credentials.
WN11-CC-000070Virtualization-based Security must be enabled on Windows 11 with the platform security level configured to Secure Boot or Secure Boot with DMA Protection.
WN11-CC-000075Credential Guard must be running on Windows 11 domain-joined systems.
WN11-CC-000080Virtualization-based protection of code integrity must be enabled.
WN11-CC-000085Early Launch Antimalware, Boot-Start Driver Initialization Policy must prevent boot drivers.
WN11-CC-000090Group Policy objects must be reprocessed even if they have not changed.
WN11-CC-000100Downloading print driver packages over HTTP must be prevented.
WN11-CC-000105Web publishing and online ordering wizards must be prevented from downloading a list of providers.
WN11-CC-000110Printing over HTTP must be prevented.
WN11-CC-000115Systems must at least attempt device authentication using certificates.
WN11-CC-000120The network selection user interface (UI) must not be displayed on the logon screen.
WN11-CC-000130Local users on domain-joined computers must not be enumerated.
WN11-CC-000145Users must be prompted for a password on resume from sleep (on battery).
WN11-CC-000150The user must be prompted for a password on resume from sleep (plugged in).
WN11-CC-000155Solicited Remote Assistance must not be allowed.
WN11-CC-000165Unauthenticated RPC clients must be restricted from connecting to the RPC server.
WN11-CC-000170The setting to allow Microsoft accounts to be optional for modern style apps must be enabled.
WN11-CC-000175The Application Compatibility Program Inventory must be prevented from collecting data and sending the information to Microsoft.
WN11-CC-000180Autoplay must be turned off for non-volume devices.
WN11-CC-000185The default autorun behavior must be configured to prevent autorun commands.
WN11-CC-000190Autoplay must be disabled for all drives.
WN11-CC-000195Enhanced anti-spoofing for facial recognition must be enabled on Windows 11.
WN11-CC-000197Microsoft consumer experiences must be turned off.
WN11-CC-000200Administrator accounts must not be enumerated during elevation.
WN11-CC-000204Enhanced diagnostic data must be limited to the minimum required to support Windows Analytics.
WN11-CC-000205Windows Telemetry must not be configured to Full.
WN11-CC-000206Windows Update must not obtain updates from other PCs on the internet.
WN11-CC-000210The Microsoft Defender SmartScreen for Explorer must be enabled.
WN11-CC-000215Explorer Data Execution Prevention must be enabled.
WN11-CC-000220File Explorer heap termination on corruption must be disabled.
WN11-CC-000225File Explorer shell protocol must run in protected mode.
WN11-CC-000252Windows 11 must be configured to disable Windows Game Recording and Broadcasting.
WN11-CC-000255The use of a hardware security device with Windows Hello for Business must be enabled.
WN11-CC-000260Windows 11 must be configured to require a minimum pin length of six characters or greater.
WN11-CC-000270Passwords must not be saved in the Remote Desktop Client.
WN11-CC-000275Local drives must be prevented from sharing with Remote Desktop Session Hosts.
WN11-CC-000280Remote Desktop Services must always prompt a client for passwords upon connection.
WN11-CC-000285The Remote Desktop Session Host must require secure RPC communications.
WN11-CC-000290Remote Desktop Services must be configured with the client connection encryption set to the required level.
WN11-CC-000295Attachments must be prevented from being downloaded from RSS feeds.
WN11-CC-000300Basic authentication for RSS feeds over HTTP must not be used.
WN11-CC-000305Indexing of encrypted files must be turned off.
WN11-CC-000310Users must be prevented from changing installation options.
WN11-CC-000315The Windows Installer feature "Always install with elevated privileges" must be disabled.
WN11-CC-000320Users must be notified if a web-based program attempts to install software.
WN11-CC-000325Automatically signing in the last interactive user after a system-initiated restart must be disabled.
WN11-CC-000326PowerShell script block logging must be enabled on Windows 11.
WN11-CC-000327PowerShell Transcription must be enabled on Windows 11.
WN11-CC-000330The Windows Remote Management (WinRM) client must not use Basic authentication.
WN11-CC-000335The Windows Remote Management (WinRM) client must not allow unencrypted traffic.
WN11-CC-000345The Windows Remote Management (WinRM) service must not use Basic authentication.
WN11-CC-000350The Windows Remote Management (WinRM) service must not allow unencrypted traffic.
WN11-CC-000355The Windows Remote Management (WinRM) service must not store RunAs credentials.
WN11-CC-000360The Windows Remote Management (WinRM) client must not use Digest authentication.
WN11-CC-000365Windows 11 must be configured to prevent Windows apps from being activated by voice while the system is locked.
WN11-CC-000370The convenience PIN for Windows 11 must be disabled.
WN11-CC-000385Windows Ink Workspace must be configured to disallow access above the lock.
WN11-CC-000390Windows 11 must be configured to prevent users from receiving suggestions for third-party or additional applications.
WN11-CC-000391Internet Explorer must be disabled for Windows 11.
WN11-EP-000310Windows 11 Kernel (Direct Memory Access) DMA Protection must be enabled.
WN11-PK-000005The DoD Root CA certificates must be installed in the Trusted Root Store.
WN11-PK-000010The External Root CA certificates must be installed in the Trusted Root Store on unclassified systems.
WN11-PK-000015The DoD Interoperability Root CA cross-certificates must be installed in the Untrusted Certificates Store on unclassified systems.
WN11-PK-000020The US DoD CCEB Interoperability Root CA cross-certificates must be installed in the Untrusted Certificates Store on unclassified systems.
WN11-RG-000005Default permissions for the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE registry hive must be maintained.
WN11-SO-000005The built-in administrator account must be disabled.
WN11-SO-000010The built-in guest account must be disabled.
WN11-SO-000015Local accounts with blank passwords must be restricted to prevent access from the network.
WN11-SO-000020The built-in administrator account must be renamed.
WN11-SO-000025The built-in guest account must be renamed.
WN11-SO-000030Audit policy using subcategories must be enabled.
WN11-SO-000035Outgoing secure channel traffic must be encrypted or signed.
WN11-SO-000040Outgoing secure channel traffic must be encrypted.
WN11-SO-000045Outgoing secure channel traffic must be signed.
WN11-SO-000050The computer account password must not be prevented from being reset.
WN11-SO-000055The maximum age for machine account passwords must be configured to 30 days or less.
WN11-SO-000060The system must be configured to require a strong session key.
WN11-SO-000070The machine inactivity limit must be set to 15 minutes, locking the system with the screensaver.
WN11-SO-000075The required legal notice must be configured to display before console logon.
WN11-SO-000080The Windows message title for the legal notice must be configured.
WN11-SO-000085Caching of logon credentials must be limited.
WN11-SO-000095The Smart Card removal option must be configured to Force Logoff or Lock Workstation.
WN11-SO-000100The Windows SMB client must be configured to always perform SMB packet signing.
WN11-SO-000110Unencrypted passwords must not be sent to third-party SMB Servers.
WN11-SO-000120The Windows SMB server must be configured to always perform SMB packet signing.
WN11-SO-000140Anonymous SID/Name translation must not be allowed.
WN11-SO-000145Anonymous enumeration of SAM accounts must not be allowed.
WN11-SO-000150Anonymous enumeration of shares must be restricted.
WN11-SO-000160The system must be configured to prevent anonymous users from having the same rights as the Everyone group.
WN11-SO-000165Anonymous access to Named Pipes and Shares must be restricted.
WN11-SO-000167Remote calls to the Security Account Manager (SAM) must be restricted to Administrators.
WN11-SO-000180NTLM must be prevented from falling back to a Null session.
WN11-SO-000185PKU2U authentication using online identities must be prevented.
WN11-SO-000190Kerberos encryption types must be configured to prevent the use of DES and RC4 encryption suites.
WN11-SO-000195The system must be configured to prevent the storage of the LAN Manager hash of passwords.
WN11-SO-000205The LanMan authentication level must be set to send NTLMv2 response only, and to refuse LM and NTLM.
WN11-SO-000210The system must be configured to the required LDAP client signing level.
WN11-SO-000215The system must be configured to meet the minimum session security requirement for NTLM SSP based clients.
WN11-SO-000220The system must be configured to meet the minimum session security requirement for NTLM SSP based servers.
WN11-SO-000230The system must be configured to use FIPS-compliant algorithms for encryption, hashing, and signing.
WN11-SO-000240The default permissions of global system objects must be increased.
WN11-SO-000245User Account Control approval mode for the built-in Administrator must be enabled.
WN11-SO-000250User Account Control must prompt administrators for consent on the secure desktop.
WN11-SO-000251Windows 11 must use multifactor authentication for local and network access to privileged and nonprivileged accounts.
WN11-SO-000255User Account Control must automatically deny elevation requests for standard users.
WN11-SO-000260User Account Control must be configured to detect application installations and prompt for elevation.
WN11-SO-000265User Account Control must only elevate UIAccess applications that are installed in secure locations.
WN11-SO-000270User Account Control must run all administrators in Admin Approval Mode, enabling UAC.
WN11-SO-000275User Account Control must virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations.
WN11-SO-000280Passwords for enabled local Administrator accounts must be changed at least every 60 days.
WN11-UC-000015Toast notifications to the lock screen must be turned off.
WN11-UC-000020Zone information must be preserved when saving attachments.
WN11-UR-000005The "Access Credential Manager as a trusted caller" user right must not be assigned to any groups or accounts.
WN11-UR-000010The "Access this computer from the network" user right must only be assigned to the Administrators and Remote Desktop Users groups.
WN11-UR-000015The "Act as part of the operating system" user right must not be assigned to any groups or accounts.
WN11-UR-000025The "Allow log on locally" user right must only be assigned to the Administrators and Users groups.
WN11-UR-000030The "Back up files and directories" user right must only be assigned to the Administrators group.
WN11-UR-000035The "Change the system time" user right must only be assigned to Administrators and Local Service.
WN11-UR-000040The "Create a pagefile" user right must only be assigned to the Administrators group.
WN11-UR-000045The "Create a token object" user right must not be assigned to any groups or accounts.
WN11-UR-000050The "Create global objects" user right must only be assigned to Administrators, Service, Local Service, and Network Service.
WN11-UR-000055The "Create permanent shared objects" user right must not be assigned to any groups or accounts.
WN11-UR-000060The "Create symbolic links" user right must only be assigned to the Administrators group.
WN11-UR-000065The "Debug programs" user right must only be assigned to the Administrators group.
WN11-UR-000070The "Deny access to this computer from the network" user right on workstations must be configured to prevent access from highly privileged domain accounts and local accounts on domain systems and unauthenticated access on all systems.
WN11-UR-000075The "Deny log on as a batch job" user right on domain-joined workstations must be configured to prevent access from highly privileged domain accounts.
WN11-UR-000080The "Deny log on as a service" user right on Windows 11 domain-joined workstations must be configured to prevent access from highly privileged domain accounts.
WN11-UR-000085The "Deny log on locally" user right on workstations must be configured to prevent access from highly privileged domain accounts on domain systems and unauthenticated access on all systems.
WN11-UR-000090The "Deny log on through Remote Desktop Services" user right on Windows 11 workstations must be configured to prevent access from highly privileged domain accounts and local accounts on domain systems and unauthenticated access on all systems.
WN11-UR-000095The "Enable computer and user accounts to be trusted for delegation" user right must not be assigned to any groups or accounts.
WN11-UR-000100The "Force shutdown from a remote system" user right must only be assigned to the Administrators group.
WN11-UR-000110The "Impersonate a client after authentication" user right must only be assigned to Administrators, Service, Local Service, and Network Service.
WN11-UR-000120The "Load and unload device drivers" user right must only be assigned to the Administrators group.
WN11-UR-000125The "Lock pages in memory" user right must not be assigned to any groups or accounts.
WN11-UR-000130The "Manage auditing and security log" user right must only be assigned to the Administrators group.
WN11-UR-000140The "Modify firmware environment values" user right must only be assigned to the Administrators group.
WN11-UR-000145The "Perform volume maintenance tasks" user right must only be assigned to the Administrators group.
WN11-UR-000150The "Profile single process" user right must only be assigned to the Administrators group.
WN11-UR-000160The "Restore files and directories" user right must only be assigned to the Administrators group.
WN11-UR-000165The "Take ownership of files or other objects" user right must only be assigned to the Administrators group.