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Frequently Asked Questions

• What are privileged access workstations ?

  Privileged Access Workstations (PAWs), is a dedicated workstation for administrative purpose. It is a security hardened, feature and functionality locked-down and is forbidden direct internet access (unless certain cloud-based providers are used by the organization and access is given only to them).

• How do I create a paw user in Active Directory?

  Create a new AD user, only to be used for the PAW, with a strong, 24 character or more password. Create Domain Local security group “PAW-Users” and add the newly created user account to this group. Create a separate OU just for PAW and link the imported GPOs to it in the Group Policy Management console.

• What is Paw model in security?

  security, uac 0 The Privileged Access Workstation (PAW) is an approach to identity management that involves total separation of computing and account environments between administrative and end-user tasks. This post introduces the PAW model from a high level and points to some Microsoft resources for further learning.

• How do I get Started with the paw network model?

  Start by reading Microsoft's Privileged Access Workstations white paper. This is essential. Next, download the PAW PowerShell scripts and test them out. These scripts create the OUs and Group Policy Objects (GPOs) that support the PAW network model. The Securing Privileged Access whitepaper is also really good.

• What is Priv privileged access Workstation ?

  Privileged Access Workstation (PAW) – This is the highest security configuration designed for extremely sensitive roles that would have a signficant or material impact on the organization if their account was compromised.

• Why should I restrict my elevated accounts to privileged administrative workstations?

  That is why your elevated accounts should be restricted to logging on to Privileged Administrative Workstations (PAW). With the correct hardening setting applied to a PAW, credential protection is not dependent on personal discipline.

• Can I host a paw VM on a standard workstation?

  Hosting a PAW VM on a standard workstation is not considered a viable alternative because a keyboard logger resident on the standard workstation could capture credentials when logging on to the PAW VM. · PAW with VDI - This is very similar to the Hyper-V model except the standard workstation VM is hosted in your data center.

• What are the security requirements for a paw ou?

  The security applied to that OU needs to be strictly limited and audited to ensure access to the PAWs cannot be gained by anyone not responsible for PAW support. In addition to the PAW documentation, Microsoft has also published scripts to implement and harden these OUs.