Audit Authorization Policy Change
Audit Authorization Policy Change allows you to audit assignment and removal of user rights in user right policies, changes in security token object permission, resource attributes changes and Central Access Policy changes for file system objects.
Event volume: Medium to High.
| Computer Type | General Success | General Failure | Stronger Success | Stronger Failure | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domain Controller | IF | No | IF | No | IF – With Success auditing for this subcategory, you can get information related to changes in user rights policies, or changes of resource attributes or Central Access Policy applied to file system objects. However, if you are using an application or system service that makes changes to system privileges through the AdjustPrivilegesToken API, we do not recommend Success auditing because of the high volume of event “4703(S): A user right was adjusted” that may be generated. As of Windows 10, event 4703 is generated by applications or services that dynamically adjust token privileges. An example of such an application is Microsoft Configuration Manager, which makes WMI queries at recurring intervals and quickly generates a large number of 4703 events (with the WMI activity listed as coming from svchost.exe). If one of your applications or services is generating a large number of 4703 events, you might find that your event-management software has filtering logic that can automatically discard the recurring events, which would make it easier to work with Success auditing for this category. This subcategory doesn’t have Failure events, so there is no recommendation to enable Failure auditing for this subcategory. |
| Member Server | IF | No | IF | No | IF – With Success auditing for this subcategory, you can get information related to changes in user rights policies, or changes of resource attributes or Central Access Policy applied to file system objects. However, if you are using an application or system service that makes changes to system privileges through the AdjustPrivilegesToken API, we do not recommend Success auditing because of the high volume of event “4703(S): A user right was adjusted” that may be generated. As of Windows 10, event 4703 is generated by applications or services that dynamically adjust token privileges. An example of such an application is Microsoft Configuration Manager, which makes WMI queries at recurring intervals and quickly generates a large number of 4703 events (with the WMI activity listed as coming from svchost.exe). If one of your applications or services is generating a large number of 4703 events, you might find that your event-management software has filtering logic that can automatically discard the recurring events, which would make it easier to work with Success auditing for this category. This subcategory doesn’t have Failure events, so there is no recommendation to enable Failure auditing for this subcategory. |
| Workstation | IF | No | IF | No | IF – With Success auditing for this subcategory, you can get information related to changes in user rights policies, or changes of resource attributes or Central Access Policy applied to file system objects. However, if you are using an application or system service that makes changes to system privileges through the AdjustPrivilegesToken API, we do not recommend Success auditing because of the high volume of event “4703(S): A user right was adjusted” that may be generated. As of Windows 10, event 4703 is generated by applications or services that dynamically adjust token privileges. An example of such an application is Microsoft Configuration Manager, which makes WMI queries at recurring intervals and quickly generates a large number of 4703 events (with the WMI activity listed as coming from svchost.exe). If one of your applications or services is generating a large number of 4703 events, you might find that your event-management software has filtering logic that can automatically discard the recurring events, which would make it easier to work with Success auditing for this category. This subcategory doesn’t have Failure events, so there is no recommendation to enable Failure auditing for this subcategory. |
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