III - Administrative Public
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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DTOO111 - Enable IE Bind to Object
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Internet Explorer Bind to Object functionality must be enabled.
Internet Explorer performs a number of safety checks before initializing an ActiveX control. It will not initialize a control if the kill bit for the control is set in the registry, or if the secur...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO117 - Saved from URL
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The Saved from URL mark must be selected to enforce Internet zone processing.
Typically, when Internet Explorer loads a web page from a Universal Naming Convention (UNC) share that contains a Mark of the Web (MOTW) comment, indicating the page was saved from a site on the In...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO123-Block Navigation to URL from Office
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Navigation to URLs embedded in Office products must be blocked.
To protect users from attacks, Internet Explorer usually does not attempt to load malformed URLs. This functionality can be controlled separately for instances of Internet Explorer spawned by Offic...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO129 - Block Pop-Ups
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Links that invoke instances of Internet Explorer from within an Office product must be blocked.
The "Pop-up Blocker" feature in Internet Explorer can be used to block most unwanted pop-up and pop-under windows from appearing. This functionality can be controlled separately for instances of In...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO131 - Trust Bar Notifications
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Trust Bar Notifications for unsigned application add-ins must be blocked.
If an application is configured to require all add-ins to be signed by a trusted publisher, any unsigned add-ins the application loads will be disabled and the application will display the Trust Ba...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO210 - Block opening of pre-release versions
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The opening of pre-release versions of file formats new to Excel 2013 through the Compatibility Pack for Office 2013 and Excel 2013 Converter must be blocked.
By default, users are prompted to update automatic links.Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO133-Disable all trusted locations
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All automatic loading from trusted locations must be disabled.
Trusted locations specified in the Trust Center are used to define file locations assumed to be safe. Content, code, and add-ins are allowed to load from trusted locations with a minimal amount of ...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO142 - Force Scan Encr. Macros in open XML
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The scanning of encrypted macros in open XML documents must be enforced.
When an Office Open XML document (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) is rights-managed, or password-protected, any macros embedded in the document are encrypted along with the rest of the contents. By d...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO134 - Trusted locations on computer
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Disallowance of trusted locations on the network must be enforced.
Files located in trusted locations and specified in the Trust Center are typically assumed to be safe. Content, code, and add-ins are allowed to load from trusted locations with minimal security an...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO139 - Save files default format
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The Save commands default file format must be configured.
When users create new Excel files, Excel 2013 saves them in the new *.xlsx format. Ensure this setting is enabled to specify all new files are created in Excel 2013. If a new file is created in an ...Rule Medium Severity
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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.