STIGUI
V-253345CAT II — Medium severitySV-253345r958412_rule

Windows 11 must be configured to audit other Logon/Logoff Events Successes.

Rule version WN11-AU-000560 · STIG v2 · 2026-09-01

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.

Audit Other Logon/Logoff Events determines whether Windows generates audit events for other logon or logoff events. Logon events are essential to understanding user activity and detecting potential attacks.

Check

Use the AuditPol tool to review the current Audit Policy configuration: Open a Command Prompt with elevated privileges ("Run as Administrator"). Enter "AuditPol /get /category:*".

Compare the AuditPol settings with the following. If the system does not audit the following, this is a finding:

Logon/Logoff >> Other Logon/Logoff Events - Success

Fix

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Advanced Audit Policy Configuration >> System Audit Policies >> Logon/Logoff >> "Audit Other Logon/Logoff Events" with "Success" selected.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-253345
Group title
SRG-OS-000037-GPOS-00015
Rule ID
SV-253345r958412_rule
Check ID
C-56798r829117_chk
Fix ID
F-56748r829118_fix