The operating system must audit all account creations.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-203593	SRG-OS-000004	SRG-OS-000004-GPOS-00004	SV-203593r958368_rule	2024-12-04	3

Description
Once an attacker establishes access to a system, the attacker often attempts to create a persistent method of reestablishing access. One way to accomplish this is for the attacker to create an account. Auditing account creation actions provides logging that can be used for forensic purposes. To address access requirements, many operating systems may be integrated with enterprise level authentication/access/auditing mechanisms that meet or exceed access control policy requirements.

Description

Once an attacker establishes access to a system, the attacker often attempts to create a persistent method of reestablishing access. One way to accomplish this is for the attacker to create an account. Auditing account creation actions provides logging that can be used for forensic purposes. To address access requirements, many operating systems may be integrated with enterprise level authentication/access/auditing mechanisms that meet or exceed access control policy requirements.

ℹ️ Check
Verify the operating system automatically audits account creation. If it does not, this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
Configure the operating system to automatically audit account creation.