STIGUI
V-278921CAT II — Medium severitySV-278921r1135281_rule

Windows 10 must be configured to audit handle manipulation successes.

Rule version WN10-AU-000584 · STIG v3 · 2025-09-24

Discussion

Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, and analyze compromises that have occurred, as well as detect attacks. Audit logs are necessary to provide a trail of evidence in case the system or network is compromised. Collecting this data is essential for analyzing the security of information assets and detecting signs of suspicious and unexpected behavior. Credential validation records events related to validation tests on credentials for a user account logon.

Check

Verify that Audit Handle Manipulation auditing has been enabled:

Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Advanced Audit Policy Configuration >> System Audit Policies >> Object Access >> Audit Handle Manipulation.

If "Audit Handle Manipulation" is not set to "Success", this is a finding.

Fix

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Advanced Audit Policy Configuration >> System Audit Policies >> Object Access >> "Audit Handle Manipulation" with "Success" selected.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-278921
Group title
SRG-OS-000062-GPOS-00031
Rule ID
SV-278921r1135281_rule
Check ID
C-83455r1135279_chk
Fix ID
F-83360r1135280_fix