XIA Configuration

Windows Server Security Audit Tool

Harden the security of your Windows servers and workstations

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Perform a security audit on your Windows servers and workstations with our auditing tool XIA Configuration.

Harden Security. Use the Windows compliance benchmark to determine if your computers meet Microsoft best practices
Enhance Auditing. Run reports to find servers that do not meet the requirements of your organization
Track Changes. Detect changes to the configuration of your Windows machines
Expose Vulnerabilities. Check that your settings and security policies are configured correctly

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XIA Configuration has a non-intrusive architecture with agentless data collection and PowerShell support.

Screenshot of the Windows basic compliance benchmark in the XIA Configuration web interface

Security settings audited by XIA Configuration

Find out more about the Windows server security settings audited by XIA Configuration below:

Account Policies
Advanced Audit Policy
Audit Policy
LAPS
Local Group Accounts
Local User Accounts
Machine Certificates

Microsoft Defender
Security Options
User Rights Assignment
Windows Firewall
Windows Patches
Windows Update Configuration
Windows Update History

To see all the Windows settings supported by XIA Configuration, navigate up to Windows.

Security Summary

Provides a summary of security related information.

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Machine SID
Computer Domain SID
Local Administrator Account Information
Guest Account Information
Local Administrators Group Information

A screenshot showing a Windows machine security summary — This screenshot shows the security summary of a Windows machine in the XIA Configuration web interface

Account Policies

Audit your effective account policies, applied either locally or by group policy.

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Account Lockout Policy

Account lockout duration
Account lockout threshold
Account lockout reset duration

Password Policy

Enforce password history
Maximum password age
Minimum password age
Minimum password length
Password must meet complexity requirements
Store passwords using reversible encryption

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Advanced Audit Policy

Check Advanced Audit Policy configuration on your Windows machines.

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Audit Policy

Assess your Audit Policy settings.

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Account logon events
Account management
Active Directory service access
Logon events
Object access

Policy change
Privilege use
Process tracking
System events

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Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS)

Audit Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) settings for each computer joined to your Active Directory domain.

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Local Group Accounts

Provides information on local group accounts.

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Name
Description
Security Identifier
Members

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Local User Accounts

Provides information on local user accounts.

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Name
Description
Account Enabled
Password Never Expires
Full Name
SID
Last Login

Password Expired
Password Last Set
User Cannot Change Password
Profile Path
Login Script
Home Drive
Home Directory

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Machine Certificates

Check the SSL certificate expiration date in Windows across your environments. Execute the SSL Certificate Report to easily find certificates that have expired or are close to expiry.

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Microsoft Defender

Audit your antivirus settings.

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General Settings

Product Version
Engine Version
Real Time Protection Enabled
Tamper Protection

Antivirus Signature

Antivirus Signature Last Updated
Antivirus Signature Version

Cloud

Cloud Delivered Protection Enabled
Automatic Cloud Sample Submission

Exclusions

Excluded Exclusions
Excluded Paths
Excluded Processes

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Security Options

Audit your security options.

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Display name - for example "Interactive logon: Do not require CTRL+ALT+DEL"
Configured Setting
Configuration Source (Local / Group Policy)

Secure channel (SCHANNEL) settings for SSL 3.0, TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2 are read on Windows Server 2012 and above.

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User Rights Assignment

Audit User Rights Assignment settings on your Windows servers and workstations.

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A screenshot showing the user rights assignment compliance benchmark results — Use XIA Configuration's compliance benchmark to check your user rights assignment settings meet security best practices

Windows Firewall with Advanced Security Configuration

Create firewall documentation for all the Windows machines in your environments.

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Windows Patches

This section provides information about the system-wide updates (commonly referred to as a quick-fix engineering (QFE) updates) that have been installed.

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