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V-253435CAT II — Medium severitySV-253435r1268251_rule

The built-in administrator account must be renamed.

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

Discussion

The built-in administrator account is a well-known account subject to attack. Renaming this account to an unidentified name improves the protection of this account and the system.

Check

Verify the effective setting in Local Group Policy Editor. Run "gpedit.msc".

Navigate to Local Computer Policy >> Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> Security Options.

If the value for "Accounts: Rename administrator account" is set to "Administrator", this is a finding.

Fix

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> Security Options >> "Accounts: Rename administrator account" to a name other than "Administrator".

Identifiers

Group ID
V-253435
Group title
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
Rule ID
SV-253435r1268251_rule
Check ID
C-56888r829387_chk
Fix ID
F-56838r829388_fix