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Microsoft Office System 2013 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-APP-000033

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  • Office client polling of SharePoint servers published links must be disabled.

    Users of Office applications can see and use links to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server sites from those applications. Administrators configure published links to Office applications during initia...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The Help Improve Proofing Tools feature for Office must be configured.

    The "Help Improve Proofing Tools" feature collects data about use of the Proofing Tools, such as additions to the custom dictionary, and sends it to Microsoft. After about six months, the feature s...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Smart Documents use of Manifests in Office must be disallowed.

    An XML expansion pack is the group of files that constitutes a Smart Document in Excel and Word. One or more components that provide the logic needed for a Smart Document are packaged by using an X...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • External Signature Services Menu for Office must be suppressed.

    Users can select Add Signature Services (from the Signature Line drop-down menu on the Insert tab of the Ribbon in Excel 2013, PowerPoint 2013, and Word 2013) to see a list of signature service pro...
    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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