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Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-APP-000207

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  • Blocking as default file block opening behavior must be enforced.

    This policy setting allows you to determine if users can open, view, or edit Word files. If you enable this policy setting, you can set one of these options:- Blocked files are not opened- Blocked ...
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  • SRG-APP-000112

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  • The Internet Explorer Bind to Object functionality must be enabled in PowerPoint.

    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...
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  • SRG-APP-000210

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  • The Saved from URL mark must be selected to enforce Internet zone processing in PowerPoint.

    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...
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  • SRG-APP-000112

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  • Configuration for file validation must be enforced.

    This policy setting allows you to turn off the file validation feature. If you enable this policy setting, file validation will be turned off. If you disable or do not configure this policy settin...
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  • SRG-APP-000207

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  • Files from the Internet zone must be opened in Protected View.

    This policy setting allows you to determine if files downloaded from the Internet zone open in Protected View. If you enable this policy setting, files downloaded from the Internet zone do not open...
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  • SRG-APP-000207

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  • Add-on Management functionality must be allowed in PowerPoint.

    Internet Explorer add-ons are pieces of code, run in Internet Explorer, to provide additional functionality. Rogue add-ons may contain viruses or other malicious code. Disabling or not configuring ...
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  • SRG-APP-000131

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  • Add-ins to Office applications must be signed by a Trusted Publisher.

    This policy setting controls whether add-ins for this applications must be digitally signed by a trusted publisher. If you enable this policy setting, this application checks the digital signature ...
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  • SRG-APP-000207

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  • Links that invoke instances of Internet Explorer from within an Office product must be blocked in PowerPoint.

    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 Inte...
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  • SRG-APP-000131

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  • Trust Bar Notifications for unsigned application add-ins must be blocked.

    This policy setting controls whether the specified Office application notifies users when unsigned application add-ins are loaded or silently disable such add-ins without notification. This policy ...
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  • SRG-APP-000209

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  • File Downloads must be configured for proper restrictions in PowerPoint.

    Disabling this setting allows websites to present file download prompts via code without the user specifically initiating the download. User preferences may also allow the download to occur without...
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  • SRG-APP-000210

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  • All automatic loading from trusted locations must be disabled.

    This policy setting allows administrators to disable all trusted locations in the specified applications. Trusted locations specified in the Trust Center are used to define file locations that are ...
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  • SRG-APP-000210

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  • Disallowance of trusted locations on the network must be enforced.

    This policy setting controls whether trusted locations on the network can be used. If you enable this policy setting, users can specify trusted locations on network shares or in other remote locati...
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  • SRG-APP-000141

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  • The Save commands default file format must be configured.

    This policy setting governs the default format for new presentation files that users create. If you enable this policy setting, when a user creates a new blank presentation, it is in the specified ...
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  • SRG-APP-000210

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  • The scanning of encrypted macros in open XML documents must be enforced.

    This policy setting controls whether encrypted macros in Open XML presentations are required to be scanned with anti-virus software before being opened. If you enable this policy setting, you may c...
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  • SRG-APP-000141

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  • Trust access for VBA must be disallowed.

    This policy setting controls whether automation clients such as Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Microsoft Office (VSTO) can access the Visual Basic for Applications project system in the spe...
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  • SRG-APP-000112

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  • Protection from zone elevation must be enforced in PowerPoint.

    Internet Explorer places restrictions on each web page users can use the browser to open. Web pages on a user's local computer have the fewest security restrictions and reside in the Local Machine ...
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  • SRG-APP-000488

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  • ActiveX Installs must be configured for proper restriction in PowerPoint.

    Microsoft ActiveX controls allow unmanaged, unprotected code to run on the user computers. ActiveX controls do not run within a protected container in the browser like the other types of HTML or Mi...
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  • SRG-APP-000210

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  • The ability to run programs from a PowerPoint presentation must be disallowed.

    This policy setting controls the prompting and activation behavior for the "Run Programs" option for action buttons in PowerPoint. If you enable this policy setting, you can choose from three optio...
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  • SRG-APP-000210

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  • Attachments opened from Outlook must be in Protected View.

    This policy setting allows for determining whether PowerPoint files in Outlook attachments open in Protected View. If enabling this policy setting, Outlook attachments do not open in Protected View...
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  • SRG-APP-000141

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  • Warning Bar settings for VBA macros must be configured.

    This policy setting controls how the specified applications warn users when Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros are present. If you enable this policy setting, you can choose from four optio...
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  • SRG-APP-000210

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  • Disabling of user name and password syntax from being used in URLs must be enforced in PowerPoint Viewer.

    The Uniform Resource Locator (URL) standard allows user authentication to be included in URL strings in the form http://username:password@example.com. A malicious user might use this URL syntax to ...
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  • SRG-APP-000112

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  • The Internet Explorer Bind to Object functionality must be enabled in PowerPoint Viewer.

    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...
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  • SRG-APP-000210

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  • The Saved from URL mark must be selected to enforce Internet zone processing in PowerPoint Viewer.

    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...
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  • SRG-APP-000210

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  • Navigation to URLs embedded in Office products must be blocked in PowerPoint Viewer.

    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...
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  • SRG-APP-000112

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  • Scripted Window Security must be enforced in PowerPoint Viewer.

    Malicious websites often try to confuse or trick users into giving a site permission to perform an action allowing the site to take control of the users' computers in some manner. Disabling or not ...
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siemur/test-space

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.

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