STIGUI
V-278949CAT II — Medium severitySV-278949r1141931_rule

Windows Server 2022 must be configured to audit sensitive privilege use failures.

Rule version WN22-AU-000588 · STIG v2 · 2026-08-19

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 Sensitive Privilege Use auditing has been enabled:

Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Advanced Audit Policy Configuration >> System Audit Policies >> Privilege Use >> Audit Sensitive Privilege Use.

If "Audit Sensitive Privilege Use" is not set to "Failure", this is a finding.

Fix

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Advanced Audit Policy Configuration >> System Audit Policies >> Privilege Use >> Audit Sensitive Privilege Use with "Failure" selected.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-278949
Group title
SRG-OS-000062-GPOS-00031
Rule ID
SV-278949r1141931_rule
Check ID
C-83483r1141929_chk
Fix ID
F-83388r1141930_fix