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Microsoft Office System 2016 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Document metadata for password protected files must be protected.

    <VulnDiscussion>This policy setting determines whether metadata is encrypted when an Office Open XML file is password protected. If you enabl...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000231

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The encryption type for password protected Open XML files must be set.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting allows you to specify an encryption type for Office Open XML files. If you enable this policy setting, yo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000231

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The encryption type for password protected Office 97 thru Office 2003 must be set.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting enables you to specify an encryption type for password-protected Office 97-2003 files. If you enable this...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000488

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • ActiveX control initialization must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting specifies the Microsoft ActiveX« initialization security level for all Microsoft Office applications. Act...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000207

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Load controls in forms3 must be disabled from loading.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting allows you to control how ActiveX controls in UserForms should be initialized based upon whether they are...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000210

    <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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