Microsoft Windows Server 2025

Windows Server 2025 must have a host-based firewall installed and enabled

STIG ID: WN25-00-000280 | SRG: SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227 | Severity: Medium | CCI: CCI-002406 | Vulnerability ID: V-278012

Description

A firewall provides a line of defense against attack, allowing or blocking inbound and outbound connections based on a set of rules.

Satisfies: SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00232

Check

C-82542r1180740_chk

Determine if a host-based firewall is installed and enabled on the system.

If a host-based firewall is not installed and enabled on the system, this is a finding.

The configuration requirements will be determined by the applicable firewall STIG.

Fix

F-82447r1180741_fix

Install and enable a host-based firewall on the system.