Windows 11 must have command line process auditing events enabled for failures.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-257770	WN11-AU-000585	SV-257770r958412_rule	CCI-002234	medium
Description
When this policy setting is enabled, the operating system generates audit events when a process fails to start and the name of the program or user that created it. These audit events can assist in understanding how a computer is being used and tracking user activity.
STIG			Date
Microsoft Windows 11 Security Technical Implementation Guide			2026-05-19

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 4 frameworks

SCF0 mappings

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Also reachable in 3 hops (1) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

IAC-21.4Auditing Use of Privileged Functions

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SCF Secure Traceability Relationship Mapping (STRM)2026.2equal to

NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (34) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

AC-17(1)Monitoring and Control

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AC-2(1)Automated System Account Management

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AC-2(4)Automated Audit Actions

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AC-3Access Enforcement

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AC-4Information Flow Enforcement

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AC-6(8)Privilege Levels for Code Execution

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AC-6(9)Log Use of Privileged Functions

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AU-10Non-repudiation

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AU-12Audit Record Generation

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AU-12(3)Changes by Authorized Individuals

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NIST 800-1710 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (1) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

3.1.7

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DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R8intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
NIST SP 800-171 Rev 2, Appendix DRev 2 (Feb 2020, errata Jan 2021)equal to(normalised)

CCI1 mapping

CCI-002234

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Details

Check Text (C-257770r958412_chk)

Ensure Audit Process Creation auditing has been enabled: Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Advanced Audit Policy Configuration >> System Audit Policy >> Detailed Tracking >> Audit Process Creation. If "Audit Process Creation" is not set to "Failure", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-61435r956042_fix)

Go to Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >>Security Settings>> Advanced Audit Policy Configuration >> System Audit Policies >> Detailed Tracking >> Set "Audit Process Creation" to "Failure".