Microsoft Outlook 2013 STIG
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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The remember password for internet e-mail accounts must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>As a security precaution, password caching for email Internet protocols such as POP3 or IMAP may lead to password discovery a...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO243 - Level 1 Attachment prompt
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DTOO281 - Sync RSS Feeds w/Common List
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The prompt to display level 1 attachments must be disallowed when closing an item.
<VulnDiscussion>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 -
DTOO242 - Level 1 Attachment Prompt on sending.
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The prompt to display level 1 attachments must be disallowed when sending an item.
<VulnDiscussion>To protect users from viruses and other harmful files, Outlook 2013 uses two levels of security, designated Level 1 and Level...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO283 - Dwnld articles as HTML attachments
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Disabling download full text of articles as HTML must be configured.
<VulnDiscussion>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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Hyperlinks in suspected phishing email messages must be disallowed.
<VulnDiscussion>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
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
RPC encryption between Outlook and Exchange server must be enforced.
<VulnDiscussion>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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Automatically downloading enclosures on RSS must be disallowed.
<VulnDiscussion>This policy setting controls Outlook's ability to automatically download enclosures on RSS items.</VulnDiscussion><F...Rule Medium Severity -
Junk Mail UI must be configured.
<VulnDiscussion>The Junk E-mail Filter in Outlook is designed to intercept the most obvious junk email, or spam, and send it to users' Junk E...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO274 - Internet with Safe Zones
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Internet with Safe Zones for Picture Download must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>Malicious email senders can send HTML email messages with embedded Web beacons, which are pictures and other content from ext...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO275 - Incl. Intranet with Safe Zone
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Intranet with Safe Zones for automatic picture downloads must be configured.
<VulnDiscussion>Malicious email senders can send HTML email messages with embedded Web beacons, which are pictures and other content from ext...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO240 - Level 1 Attachments
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group
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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.