Windows Server 2025 audit records must be backed up to a different system or media than the system being audited.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-278041	WN25-AU-000010	SV-278041r1180829_rule	CCI-001851	medium
Description
Protection of log data includes ensuring the log data is not accidentally lost or deleted. Audit information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration.
STIG			Date
Microsoft Windows Server 2025 Security Technical Implementation Guide			2026-02-20

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 3 frameworks

SCF0 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.

MON-08.1Event Log Backup on Separate Physical Systems / Components

0.50

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
SCF Secure Traceability Relationship Mapping (STRM)2026.2intersects

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

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R4our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R4intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AC-2(1)Automated System Account Management

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R4our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R4intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AC-2(4)Automated Audit Actions

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AC-3Access Enforcement

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AC-6(9)Log Use of Privileged Functions

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AU-10Non-repudiation

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)1our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)1intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AU-12Audit Record Generation

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AU-12(1)System-wide and Time-correlated Audit Trail

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AU-12(3)Changes by Authorized Individuals

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)1our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)1intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AU-14(1)System Start-up

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

+24 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

CCI1 mapping

CCI-001851

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1intersects(normalised)

Details

Check Text (C-278041r1180829_chk)

Determine if a process to back up log data to a different system or media than the system being audited has been implemented. If it has not, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-82476r1180828_fix)

Establish and implement a process for backing up log data to another system or media other than the system being audited.