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Firefox private browsing must be disabled.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

Private browsing allows the user to browse the internet without recording their browsing history/activity. From a forensics perspective, this is unacceptable. Best practice requires that browser history is retained.

ID
SV-251563r879587_rule
Version
FFOX-00-000019
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

Windows group policy:
1. Open the group policy editor tool with "gpedit.msc".
2. Navigate to Policy Path: Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Mozilla\Firefox
Policy Name: Disable Private Browsing
Policy State: Enabled