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Microsoft Excel 2016 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-APP-000207

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Open/Save actions for web pages and Excel 2003 XML spreadsheets must be blocked.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting allows you to determine whether users can open, view, edit, or save Excel files with the format specified...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000207

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Files from the Internet zone must be opened in Protected View.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting allows you to determine if files downloaded from the Internet zone open in Protected View. If you enable ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000207

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SRG-APP-000210

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Open/Save actions for dBase III / IV files must be blocked.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting allows you to determine whether users can open, view, edit, or save Excel files with the format specified...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000210

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Navigation to URLs embedded in Office products must be blocked.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To protect users from attacks, Internet Explorer usually does not attempt to load malformed URLs. This functionality can be c...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000112

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group

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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