STIGUI
V-220915CAT II — Medium severitySV-220915r958908_rule

Outgoing secure channel traffic must be encrypted when possible.

Rule version WN10-SO-000040 · STIG v3 · 2025-09-24

Discussion

Requests sent on the secure channel are authenticated, and sensitive information (such as passwords) is encrypted, but not all information is encrypted. If this policy is enabled, outgoing secure channel traffic will be encrypted.

Check

If the following registry value does not exist or is not configured as specified, this is a finding:

Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Registry Path: \SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netlogon\Parameters\

Value Name: SealSecureChannel

Value Type: REG_DWORD Value: 1

Fix

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> Security Options >> "Domain member: Digitally encrypt secure channel data (when possible)" to "Enabled".

Identifiers

Group ID
V-220915
Group title
SRG-OS-000423-GPOS-00187
Rule ID
SV-220915r958908_rule
Check ID
C-22630r555230_chk
Fix ID
F-22619r555231_fix