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V-243466

CAT I (High)

Membership to the Enterprise Admins group must be restricted to accounts used only to manage the Active Directory Forest.

Rule ID

SV-243466r959010_rule

STIG

Active Directory Domain Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V3R7

CCIs

CCI-000366

Discussion

The Enterprise Admins group is a highly privileged group. Personnel who are system administrators must log on to Active Directory systems only using accounts with the level of authority necessary. Only system administrator accounts used exclusively to manage the Active Directory Forest may be members of the Enterprise Admins group. A separation of administrator responsibilities helps mitigate the risk of privilege escalation resulting from credential theft attacks.

Check Content

Review the Enterprise Admins group in Active Directory Users and Computers.  Any accounts that are members of the Enterprise Admins group must be documented with the IAO.  Each Enterprise Administrator must have a separate unique account specifically for managing the Active Directory forest.  

If any account listed in the Enterprise Admins group is a member of other administrator groups including the Domain Admins group, domain member server administrators groups, or domain workstation administrators groups, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Create the necessary documentation that identifies the members of the Enterprise Admins group.  Ensure that each member has a separate unique account that can only be used to manage the Active Directory Forest.  Remove any Enterprise Admin accounts from other administrator groups.