Systems must at least attempt device authentication using certificates.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-63627	WN10-CC-000115	SV-78117r1_rule		Medium

Description
Using certificates to authenticate devices to the domain provides increased security over passwords. By default systems will attempt to authenticate using certificates and fall back to passwords if the domain controller does not support certificates for devices. This may also be configured to always use certificates for device authentication.

STIG	Date
Windows 10 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2016-10-28

Details

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Fix Text (F-69557r1_fix)
This requirement is applicable to domain-joined systems, for standalone systems this is NA. The default behavior for "Support device authentication using certificate" is "Automatic". If this needs to be corrected, configured the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> System >> Kerberos >> "Support device authentication using certificate" to "Not Configured or "Enabled" with either option selected in "Device authentication behavior using certificate:".

Fix Text (F-69557r1_fix)

This requirement is applicable to domain-joined systems, for standalone systems this is NA.

The default behavior for "Support device authentication using certificate" is "Automatic".

If this needs to be corrected, configured the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> System >> Kerberos >> "Support device authentication using certificate" to "Not Configured or "Enabled" with either option selected in "Device authentication behavior using certificate:".