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Microsoft Visio 2013 STIG

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Add-ins to Office applications must be signed by a Trusted Publisher.

    Office 2013 applications do not check the digital signature on application add-ins before opening them. Disabling or not configuring this setting may allow an application to load a dangerous add-i...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Links that invoke instances of IE from within an Office product must be blocked.

    The Pop-up Blocker feature in Internet Explorer can be used to block most unwanted pop-up and pop-under windows from appearing. This functionality can be controlled separately for instances of Inte...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Trust Bar Notifications for unsigned applications must be disabled.

    If an application is configured to require all add-ins to be signed by a trusted publisher, any unsigned add-ins the application loads will be disabled and the application will display the Trust Ba...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Protection from zone elevation must be enforced.

    Internet Explorer places restrictions on each web page users can use the browser to open. Web pages on a user's local computer have the fewest security restrictions and reside in the Local Machine ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Warning Bar settings for VBA macros must be configured.

    When users open files containing VBA Macros, applications open the files with the macros disabled and displays the Trust Bar with a warning that macros are present and have been disabled. Users may...
    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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