STIGQter: STIG Summary: Microsoft Windows Server Domain Name System (DNS) Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 2 Release: 5 Benchmark Date: 01 Jul 2026:

The Windows DNS Server must log the event and notify the system administrator when anomalies in the operation of the signed zone transfers are discovered.

DISA Rule

SV-259408r961737_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-259408

Group Title

SRG-APP-000474-DNS-000073

Rule Version

WDNS-22-000080

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-002702 - Shut the system down, restart the system, and/or initiate organization-defined alternative action(s) when anomalies in the operation of the organization-defined security functions are discovered.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Implement a third-party monitoring system to detect and notify the ISSO/ISSM/DNS administrator if functionality of DNSSEC/TSIG has been removed or broken or, at a minimum, document and implement a procedure to review the diagnostic logs on a routine basis every day.

Check Contents

Note: If the only zones hosted are AD-integrated zones, this check is not applicable.

Notification to the system administrator is not configurable in Windows. For the administrator to be notified if functionality of DNSSEC/TSIG has been removed or broken, the information system security officer (ISSO), information system security manager (ISSM), or DNS administrator would need to implement a third-party monitoring system. At a minimum, the ISSO/ISSM/DNS administrator should have a documented procedure in place to review the diagnostic logs on a routine basis every day.

If a third-party monitoring system is not in place to detect and notify the ISSO/ISSM/DNS administrator if functionality of DNSSEC/TSIG has been removed or broken and the ISSO/ISSM/DNS administrator does not have a documented procedure in place to review the diagnostic logs on a routine basis every day, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-259408

Documentable

False

Rule Version

WDNS-22-000080

Severity Override Guidance

Note: If the only zones hosted are AD-integrated zones, this check is not applicable.

Notification to the system administrator is not configurable in Windows. For the administrator to be notified if functionality of DNSSEC/TSIG has been removed or broken, the information system security officer (ISSO), information system security manager (ISSM), or DNS administrator would need to implement a third-party monitoring system. At a minimum, the ISSO/ISSM/DNS administrator should have a documented procedure in place to review the diagnostic logs on a routine basis every day.

If a third-party monitoring system is not in place to detect and notify the ISSO/ISSM/DNS administrator if functionality of DNSSEC/TSIG has been removed or broken and the ISSO/ISSM/DNS administrator does not have a documented procedure in place to review the diagnostic logs on a routine basis every day, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

5576