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Microsoft Excel 2010

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Actions for Excel 95-97 workbooks and templates must be configured to edit in protected view.

    <VulnDiscussion>This policy setting allows for determining whether users can open, view, edit, or save Excel files with the format specified ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO110 - Set default file block behavior

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    Group
  • Blocking as default file block opening behavior must be enforced.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Users can open, view, or edit a large number of file types in Excel 2010. Some file types are safer than others, as some cou...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO120 -Web pages and Excel 2003 XML spreadsheets

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Open/Save actions for Web pages and Excel 2003 XML spreadsheets must be blocked.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting allows for determining whether users can open, view, edit, or save Excel files with the format specified ...
    Rule Low Severity
  • DTOO121 - Files from the Internet zone

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    Group
  • Files from the Internet zone must be opened in Protected View.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting allows for determining if files downloaded from the Internet zone open in Protected View. If enabling thi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO288 - Files in unsafe locations

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Files in unsafe locations must be opened in Protected View.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting determines if files located in unsafe locations will open in Protected View. If unsafe locations have not...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Document behavior if file validation fails must be set.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy key controls the behavior of how Office documents should be handled when failing File Validation. The options ava...
    Rule Medium Severity

The content of the drawer really is up to you. It could have form fields, definition lists, text lists, labels, charts, progress bars, etc. Spacing recommendation is 24px margins. You can put tabs in here, and can also make the drawer scrollable.

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