KHIKA Standard Hardening Policies

KHIKA Server Hardening for Windows Servers

The Policies and rules available in the default Server Hardening template provided by KHIKA for Windows Servers (2007 onwards) is as mentioned below:

Policy Name	Rule Name and Description	Desired Value
Account & Password Policy	Password Age Minimum - Number of days for which user must use password before it can be changed.	1 Day
	Password Age Maximum - Number of days after which password expires.	45 Days
	Password Length Minimum - The least number of characters that can make up a password for a user account.	8 Characters
	Password Complexity level - Denotes whether password complexity is enabled.	Enabled
	Password History count - The number of unique new passwords that have to be associated with a user account before an old password can be reused.	5 passwords
	Password lock out count - Number of failed logon attempts after which a user account MUST be locked out.	5 attempts
	Administrator Name - Denotes Administrator Account Name.	Administrator
	Password in clear text - Determines whether passwords are stored using reverse encryption .	Disabled
	Guest Account Enable/Disable - Denotes whether the Guest account is enabled or disabled.	Disabled
Audit Policy	Audit System Events - Audit when a user restarts or shuts down the computer or when an event occurs that affects either the system security or the security log.	Audit Success & Failure
	Audit Logon Events - Audit each instance of a user logging on to or logging off from a computer.	Audit Success & Failure
	Audit Object Access - Audit the event of a user accessing an object.	No Audit
	Audit Privilege Use - Audit each instance of a user exercising a user right.	Audit Success & Failure
	Audit Policy Change - Audit every incident of a change to user rights assignment policies, audit policies, or trust policies.	Audit Success & Failure
	Audit Account Manage - Audit each event of account management on a computer.	Audit Success & Failure
	Audit Process Tracking - Audit detailed tracking information for events such as program activation, process exit, handle duplication, and indirect object access.	No Audit
	Audit Directory Services Access - Audit each instance of user attempts to access an Active Directory object.	No Audit
	Audit Account Logon - Audit each time this computer validates the credentials of an account.	Audit Success & Failure
Event Log Policy	Maximum Application event log size.	16384 KB
	Maximum System event log size.	16384 KB
	Maximum Security event log size.	16384 KB
	Application event log overflow action.	overwriteolder, overwriteasneeded
	System event log overflow action.	overwriteolder, overwriteasneeded
	Security event log overflow action.	overwriteolder, overwriteasneeded
Security Policy	Digitally sign secure channel data (when possible).	Enabled
	Digitally encrypt secure channel data (when possible).	Enabled
	Everyone permissions to apply to anonymous users.	Disabled
	Restrict anonymous access to Named Pipes and Shares.	Enabled
	Names of any pipes than can be accessed anonymously.	Should be empty
	Names of any shares than can be accessed anonymously.	Should be empty
	Classic need to be the sharing and security model for local accounts.	Enabled
Additional Security Policy	Do not display last username	Enabled
Example	LDAP Server signing requirements	Required
Example	Network client: Digitally sign communications (if server agrees)	Enabled
Example	Minimum session security for NTLM SSP based (including secure RPC) clients	Require NTLMv2 Session Security & 128-bit encryption
Example	LAN manager authentication level	Send NTLMv2 response only. Refuse LM & NTLM
Example	Do not store LAN Manager hash value on next password change	Enabled
Example	LDAP client signing requirements	None
Example	Minimum session security for NTLM SSP based (including secure RPC) servers	Require NTLMv2 Session Security & 128-bit encryption
Example	Optional subsystems none	None
Example	Password protected screensaver with 10 minute timeout should be set on the Server	Enabled
Example	Do not allow anonymous enumeration of SAM accounts and shares	Enabled
Example	Do not allow storage of credentials or .NET passwords for network authentication	Enabled