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The Office Telemetry Agent must be configured to obfuscate the file name, file path, and title of Office documents before uploading telemetry data to the shared folder.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

<VulnDiscussion>This policy setting configures the Office Telemetry Agent to disguise, or obfuscate, certain file properties that are reported in telemetry data. If this policy setting is enabled, Office Telemetry Agent obfuscates the file name, file path, and title of Office documents before uploading telemetry data to the shared folder. If this policy setting is disabled or not configured, the Office Telemetry Agent uploads telemetry data that shows the full file name, file path, and title of all Office documents.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>

ID
SV-228527r508020_rule
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Manual Procedure

Set the policy value for User Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Microsoft Office 2013 >> Telemetry Dashboard >> "Turn on privacy setting in Office Telemetry Agent" to "Enabled".