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Microsoft Excel 2016 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • All automatic loading from trusted locations must be disabled.

    <VulnDiscussion>This policy setting allows administrators to disable all trusted locations in the specified applications. Trusted locations s...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000210

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Disallowance of trusted locations on the network must be enforced.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting controls whether trusted locations on the network can be used. If you enable this policy setting, users c...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Save commands default file format must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting controls the default file format for saving workbooks in Excel. If you enable this policy setting, you ca...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000210

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The scanning of encrypted macros in open XML documents must be enforced.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting controls whether encrypted macros in Open XML workbooks be are required to be scanned with anti-virus sof...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Macro storage must be in personal macro workbooks.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting controls the default location for storing macros in Excel. If this policy setting is enabled, Excel store...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Trust access for VBA must be disallowed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting controls whether automation clients such as Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Microsoft Office (VSTO...
    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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