Microsoft Windows Server 2022

Windows Server 2022 local volumes must use a format that supports NTFS attributes

STIG ID: WN22-00-000130 |   SRG: SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048 |   Severity: High |   CCI: CCI-000213 |   Vulnerability ID: V-254250

Description

The ability to set access permissions and auditing is critical to maintaining the security and proper access controls of a system. To support this, volumes must be formatted using a file system that supports NTFS attributes.

Check

C-57735r1081068_chk

Open "Computer Management".Select "Disk Management" under "Storage".For each local volume, if the file system does not indicate "NTFS", this is a finding."ReFS" (resilient file system) is also acceptable and is not a finding.CSV ( Cluster Shared Volumes) is not a finding.This does not apply to system partitions such the Recovery and EFI System Partition.

Fix

F-57686r1081069_fix

Format volumes to use NTFS, ReFS, or CSVFS.