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Microsoft Outlook 2016 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Object Model Prompt behavior for programmatic access of user address data must be configured.

    <VulnDiscussion>This policy setting controls what happens when an untrusted program attempts to gain access to a recipient field, such as the...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000488

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Object Model Prompt behavior for Meeting and Task Responses must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting controls what happens when an untrusted program attempts to programmatically send e-mail in Outlook using...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000488

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Object Model Prompt behavior for the SaveAs method must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting controls what happens when an untrusted program attempts to use the Save As command to programmatically s...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000488

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Object Model Prompt behavior for accessing User Property Formula must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting controls what happens when a user designs a custom form in Outlook and attempts to bind an Address Inform...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Trusted add-ins behavior for email must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting can be used to specify a list of trusted add-ins that can be run without being restricted by the security...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000179

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • S/Mime interoperability with external clients for message handling must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting controls whether Outlook decodes encrypted messages itself or passes them to an external program for proc...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000179

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Message formats must be set to use SMime.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting controls which message encryption formats Outlook can use. Outlook supports three formats for encrypting ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000179

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Run in FIPS compliant mode must be enforced.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting controls whether Outlook is required to use FIPS-compliant algorithms when signing and encrypting message...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Send all signed messages as clear signed messages must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting controls whether Outlook sends signed messages as clear text signed messages. If you enable this policy s...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Automatic sending s/Mime receipt requests must be disallowed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting controls how Outlook handles S/MIME receipt requests. If you enable this policy setting, you can choose f...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000175

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group

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