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Browser history must be saved.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

<VulnDiscussion>This policy disables saving browser history in Google Chrome and prevents users from changing this setting. If this setting is enabled, browsing history is not saved. If this setting is disabled or not set, browsing history is saved.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>

ID
SV-221581r879642_rule
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Manual Procedure

Windows group policy:
   1. Open the group policy editor tool with gpedit.msc   
   2. Navigate to Policy Path: Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Google\Google Chrome\
    Policy Name: Disable saving browser history
    Policy State: Disabled
    Policy Value:  N/A