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Microsoft Outlook 2010 STIG

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • DTOO242 - Level 1 Attachment Prompt on sending.

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    Group
  • Prompting behavior for Level 1 attachments on sending must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To protect users from viruses and other harmful files, Outlook uses two levels of security, designated Level 1 and Level 2, t...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO283 - Dwnld articles as HTML attachments

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    Group
  • Disabling download full text of articles as HTML must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Many RSS feeds use messages that contain a brief summary of a larger message or an article with a link to the full content. U...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO277 - Links in Email Messages

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    Group
  • Hyperlinks in suspected phishing e-mail messages must be disallowed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Outlook's Junk E-mail Filter evaluates each incoming message for possible spam or phishing content. Suspicious message detect...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO279 - Enable RPC Encryption

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    Group
  • RPC encryption between Outlook and Exchange server must be enforced.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The remote procedure call (RPC) communication channel between an Outlook client computer and an Exchange server is not encryp...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO221 - Junk Mail UI

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    Group
  • Junk Mail UI must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Junk E-mail Filter in Outlook is designed to intercept the most obvious junk e-mail, or spam, and send it to users' Junk ...
    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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