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V-243485CAT II — Medium severitySV-243485r1117265_rule

Selective Authentication must be enabled on outgoing forest trusts.

Rule version AD.0200 · STIG v3 · 2026-09-01

Discussion

Enabling Selective Authentication on outbound Active Directory (AD) forest trusts significantly strengthens access control by requiring explicit authorization (through the Allowed to Authenticate permission) on resources in the trusting forest. When Selective Authentication is not enabled, less secure resource access permissions (such as those that specify Authenticated Users) might permit unauthorized access.

Check

Open "Active Directory Domains and Trusts". (Available from various menus or run "domain.msc".) Right click the domain name in the left pane and select "Properties". Select the "Trusts" tab. For each outgoing forest trust, right-click the trust item and select "Properties". Select the "Authentication" tab.

If the "Selective Authentication" option is not selected on every outgoing forest trust, this is a finding.

Fix

Enable Selective Authentication on outgoing forest trust. Open "Active Directory Domains and Trusts". (Available from various menus or run "domain.msc".) Right click the domain name in the left pane and select "Properties". Select the "Trusts" tab. For each outgoing forest trust, right-click the trust item and select "Properties". Select the "Authentication" tab. Select the "Selective Authentication" option. (It may be necessary to configure the "Allowed to Authenticate" permission on resources in the trusting domain.)

Identifiers

Group ID
V-243485
Group title
SRG-OS-000080
Rule ID
SV-243485r1117265_rule
Check ID
C-46760r723488_chk
Fix ID
F-46717r723489_fix