V-213976
MS SQL Server 2016 Instance Security Technical Implementation Guide
Title
SQL Server must prevent unauthorized and unintended information transfer via Instant File Initialization (IFI).
Description
<VulnDiscussion>The purpose of this control is to prevent information, including encrypted representations of information, produced by the actions of a prior user/role (or the actions of a process acting on behalf of a prior user/role) from being available to any current user/role (or current process) that obtains access to a shared system resource (e.g., registers, main memory, secondary storage) after the resource has been released back to the information system. Control of information in shar...
Fix Text (Documentation Requirement)
If IFI is not documented as being required, disable instant file initialization for the instance of SQL Server by removing the SQL Service SID and/or service account from the "Perform volume maintenance tasks" Local Rights Assignment.