The operating system must audit all account enabling actions.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-203690	SRG-OS-000303	SRG-OS-000303-GPOS-00120	SV-203690r958684_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 enable a new or disabled account. Auditing account modification actions provides logging that can be used for forensic purposes. To address access requirements, many operating systems can 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 enable a new or disabled account. Auditing account modification actions provides logging that can be used for forensic purposes. To address access requirements, many operating systems can 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 enabling actions. If it does not, this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
Configure the operating system to automatically audit account enabling actions.