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V-253257CAT II — Medium severitySV-253257r1210281_rule

Secure Boot must be enabled on Windows 11 systems.

Rule version WN11-00-000020 · STIG v2 · 2026-09-01

Discussion

Secure Boot is a standard that ensures systems boot only to a trusted operating system. Secure Boot is required to support additional security features in Windows 11, including virtualization-based Security and Credential Guard. If Secure Boot is turned off, these security features will not function.

Check

Verify the system firmware is configured for Secure Boot.

Run "System Information".

Under "System Summary", if "Secure Boot State" does not display "On", this is a finding.

Fix

Enable Secure Boot in the system firmware.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-253257
Group title
SRG-OS-000424-GPOS-00188
Rule ID
SV-253257r1210281_rule
Check ID
C-56710r1210182_chk
Fix ID
F-56660r828854_fix