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V-220911CAT II — Medium severitySV-220911r991589_rule

The built-in administrator account must be renamed.

Rule version WN10-SO-000020 · STIG v3 · 2025-09-24

Discussion

The built-in administrator account is a well-known account subject to attack. Renaming this account to an unidentified name improves the protection of this account and the system.

Check

Verify the effective setting in Local Group Policy Editor. Run "gpedit.msc".

Navigate to Local Computer Policy >> Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> Security Options.

If the value for "Accounts: Rename administrator account" is set to "Administrator", this is a finding.

Fix

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> Security Options >> "Accounts: Rename administrator account" to a name other than "Administrator".

Identifiers

Group ID
V-220911
Group title
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
Rule ID
SV-220911r991589_rule
Check ID
C-22626r555218_chk
Fix ID
F-22615r555219_fix