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III - Administrative Public

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-APP-000073

    Group
  • Bypassing Microsoft Defender SmartScreen prompts for sites must be disabled.

    This policy setting allows a decision to be made on whether users can override the Microsoft Defender SmartScreen warnings about potentially malicious websites. If this setting is enabled, users c...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000073

    Group
  • Bypassing of Microsoft Defender SmartScreen warnings about downloads must be disabled.

    This policy setting allows a decision to be made on whether users can override Microsoft Defender SmartScreen warnings about unverified downloads. If this setting is enabled, users cannot ignore M...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000073

    Group
  • The list of domains for which Microsoft Defender SmartScreen will not trigger warnings must be allowlisted if used.

    Configure the list of Microsoft Defender SmartScreen trusted domains. This means Microsoft Defender SmartScreen will not check for potentially malicious resources, such as phishing software and oth...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-APP-000080

    Group
  • InPrivate mode must be disabled.

    This setting specifies whether the user can open pages in InPrivate mode in Microsoft Edge. If this policy is not configured or set it to "Enabled", users can open pages in InPrivate mode. Set th...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141

    Group
  • Background processing must be disabled.

    Background processing allows Microsoft Edge processes to start at OS sign-in and keep running after the last browser window is closed. In this scenario, background apps and the current browsing ses...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141

    Group
  • The ability of sites to show pop-ups must be disabled.

    Set whether websites can show pop-up windows. Pop-ups can be allowed on all websites ("AllowPopups") or blocked on all sites ("BlockPopups"). If this policy is configured, pop-up windows are block...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141

    Group
  • The default search provider must be set to use an encrypted connection.

    Allows a list of list of up to 10 search engines to be configured, one of which must be marked as the default search engine. The encoding does not need to be specified. Starting in Microsoft Edge 8...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141

    Group
  • Data Synchronization must be disabled.

    Disables data synchronization in Microsoft Edge. This policy also prevents the sync consent prompt from appearing. If this policy is not set or applied as recommended, users will be able to turn s...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141

    Group
  • Network prediction must be disabled.

    Enables network prediction and prevents users from changing this setting. This controls DNS prefetching, TCP and SSL pre-connection, and pre-rendering of web pages. If this policy is not configur...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141

    Group
  • Search suggestions must be disabled.

    Enables web search suggestions in the Microsoft Edge Address Bar and Auto-Suggest List, and prevents users from changing this policy. If this policy is enabled, web search suggestions are used. I...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141

    Group
  • Importing of autofill form data must be disabled.

    Allows users to import autofill form data from another browser into Microsoft Edge. If this policy is enabled, the option to manually import autofill data is automatically selected. If this polic...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141

    Group
  • Importing of browser settings must be disabled.

    Allows users to import browser settings from another browser into Microsoft Edge. If this policy is enabled, the Browser settings check box is automatically selected in the Import browser data dia...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141

    Group
  • Importing of cookies must be disabled.

    Allows users to import cookies from another browser into Microsoft Edge. If this policy is disabled, cookies are not imported on first run. If this policy is not configured, cookies are imported ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141

    Group
  • Importing of extensions must be disabled.

    Allows users to import extensions from another browser into Microsoft Edge. If this policy is enabled, the Extensions check box is automatically selected in the Import browser data dialog box. If...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141

    Group
  • Importing of browsing history must be disabled.

    Allows users to import their browsing history from another browser into Microsoft Edge. If this policy is enabled, the Browsing history check box is automatically selected in the Import browser da...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141

    Group
  • Importing of home page settings must be disabled.

    Allows users to import their home page setting from another browser into Microsoft Edge. If this policy is enabled, the option to manually import the home page setting is automatically selected. ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141

    Group
  • Importing of open tabs must be disabled.

    Allows users to import open and pinned tabs from another browser into Microsoft Edge. If this policy is enabled, the Open tabs check box is automatically selected in the Import browser data dialog...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141

    Group
  • Importing of payment info must be disabled.

    Allows users to import payment info from another browser into Microsoft Edge. If this policy is enabled, the payment info check box is automatically selected in the Import browser data dialog box....
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141

    Group
  • Importing of saved passwords must be disabled.

    Allows users to import saved passwords from another browser into Microsoft Edge. If this policy is enabled, the option to manually import saved passwords is automatically selected. If this policy...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141

    Group
  • Importing of search engine settings must be disabled.

    Allows users to import search engine settings from another browser into Microsoft Edge. If this policy is enabled, the option to import search engine settings is automatically selected. If this p...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141

    Group
  • Importing of shortcuts must be disabled.

    Allows users to import Shortcuts from another browser into Microsoft Edge. If this policy is disabled, Shortcuts are not imported on first run. If this policy is not configured, Shortcuts are imp...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141

    Group
  • AutoplayAllowed must be set to disabled.

    This policy sets the media autoplay policy for websites. The default setting "Not configured" respects the current media autoplay settings and lets users configure their autoplay settings. Settin...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141

    Group
  • WebUSB must be disabled.

    Set whether websites can access connected USB devices. Access can be blocked completely or the user asked each time a website wants to get access to connected USB devices. Override this policy for...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141

    Group
  • Google Cast must be disabled.

    Enable this policy to enable Google Cast. Users will be able to launch it from the app menu, page context menus, media controls on Cast-enabled websites, and (if shown) the Cast toolbar icon. Disa...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141

    Group
  • Web Bluetooth API must be disabled.

    Control whether websites can access nearby Bluetooth devices. Access can be blocked completely or the site required to ask the user each time it wants to access a Bluetooth device. If this policy ...
    Rule Medium Severity

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