STIGUI
V-257770CAT II — Medium severitySV-257770r958412_rule

Windows 11 must have command line process auditing events enabled for failures.

Rule version WN11-AU-000585 · STIG v2 · 2026-09-01

Discussion

When this policy setting is enabled, the operating system generates audit events when a process fails to start and the name of the program or user that created it.

These audit events can assist in understanding how a computer is being used and tracking user activity.

Check

Ensure Audit Process Creation auditing has been enabled:

Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Advanced Audit Policy Configuration >> System Audit Policy >> Detailed Tracking >> Audit Process Creation.

If "Audit Process Creation" is not set to "Failure", this is a finding.

Fix

Go to Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >>Security Settings>> Advanced Audit Policy Configuration >> System Audit Policies >> Detailed Tracking >> Set "Audit Process Creation" to "Failure".

Identifiers

Group ID
V-257770
Group title
SRG-OS-000037-GPOS-00015
Rule ID
SV-257770r958412_rule
Check ID
C-61511r953802_chk
Fix ID
F-61435r956042_fix