Microsoft Word 2010 STIG
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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All automatic loading from Trusted Locations must be disabled.
Trusted locations specified in the Trust Center are used to define file locations assumed to be safe. Content, code, and add-ins are allowed to load from trusted locations with a minimal amount of ...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO142 - Force Scan Encr. Macros in open XML
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Files from the Internet zone must be opened in Protected View.
This policy setting allows for determining if files downloaded from the Internet zone open in Protected View. If enabling this policy setting, files downloaded from the Internet zone do not open in...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO134 - Trusted locations on computer
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Disallowance of Trusted Locations on the network must be enforced.
Files located in Trusted Locations and specified in the Trust Center are assumed to be safe. Content, code, and add-ins are allowed to load from Trusted Locations with minimal security and without ...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO139 - Save files default format
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Save files default format must be configured.
When users create new document files, Word 2010 saves them in the new Word 2010 .docx format. Ensure this setting is enabled to specify that all new files are created in Word 2010. If a new docum...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO146-Disable Trust access to VB Project Macros
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Trust access for VBA must be disallowed.
VSTO projects require access to the Visual Basic for Applications project system in Excel, PowerPoint, and Word, even though the projects do not use Visual Basic for Applications. Design-time suppo...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO304 - VBA Macro Warning settings
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Node 2
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.