STIGing Standalone Windows Servers
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STIGing Standalone Windows Servers
Download all the required files from the GitHub Repository
Introduction:
Windows Server 2012, 2016, and 2019 are insecure operating systems out of the box and requires many changes to insure FISMA compliance. Microsoft, Cyber.mil, the Department of Defense, and the National Security Agency have recommended and required configuration changes to lockdown, harden, and secure the operating system and ensure government compliance. These changes cover a wide range of mitigations including blocking telemetry, macros, removing bloatware, and preventing many physical attacks on a system.
Standalone systems are some of the most difficult and annoying systems to secure. When not automated, they require manual changes of each STIG/SRG. Totalling over 1000 configuration changes on a typical deployment and an average of 5 minutes per change equaling 3.5 days worth of work. This script aims to speed up that process significantly.
Notes:
- This script is designed for operation in Enterprise environments and assumes you have hardware support for all the requirements.
- This script is not designed to bring a system to 100% compliance, rather it should be used as a stepping stone to complete most, if not all, the configuration changes that can be scripted.
- Minus system documentation, this collection should bring you up to about 95% compliance on all the STIGS/SRGs applied.
Requirements:
- Windows 10 Enterprise is Required per STIG.
- Standards for a highly secure Windows 10 device
- System is fully up to date
- Currently Windows 10 v1909 or v2004.
- Run the Windows 10 Upgrade Assistant to be update and verify latest major release.
- Hardware Requirements
Recommended reading material:
- System Guard Secure Launch
- System Guard Root of Trust
- Hardware-based Isolation
- Memory integrity
- Windows Defender Application Guard
- Windows Defender Credential Guard
A list of scripts and tools this collection utilizes:
Additional configurations were considered from:
STIGS/SRGs Applied:
Microsoft .Net Framework 4 V1R9 - Work in Progress
How to run the script
The script may be launched from the extracted GitHub download like this:
.\sos-secure-standalone-server.ps1
The script we will be must be launched from the directory containing all the files from the GitHub Repository