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WN25-AU-000180 Windows Server 2025 must be configured to audit logoff successes.

DISA STIG library V1R4
All changes in this version
first version loaded CAT II

Maps to AU-12 via CCI-000172

Title

Windows Server 2025 must be configured to audit logoff successes.

Control

Security Option "Audit: Force audit policy subcategory settings (Windows 7 or later) to override audit policy category settings" must be set to "Enabled" (WN25-SO-000050) for the detailed auditing subcategories to be effective. Use the "AuditPol" tool to review the current Audit Policy configuration. Open PowerShell or 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 >> Logoff - Success

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. Logoff records user logoffs. If this is an interactive logoff, it is recorded on the local system. If it is to a network share, it is recorded on the system accessed.

Related controls

CCI-000172

Fix

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