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Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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SRG-APP-000516
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The Help Improve Proofing Tools feature for Office must be configured.
The "Help Improve Proofing Tools" feature collects data about use of the Proofing Tools, such as additions to the custom dictionary, and sends it to Microsoft. After about six months, the feature s...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000516
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A mix of policy and user locations for Office Products must be disallowed.
When Microsoft Office files are opened from trusted locations, all the content in the files is enabled and active. Users are not notified about any potential risks that might be contained in the fi...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000516
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Smart Documents use of Manifests in Office must be disallowed.
An XML expansion pack is the group of files that constitutes a Smart Document in Excel and Word. One or more components that provide the logic needed for a Smart Document are packaged by using an X...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000516
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Legacy format signatures must be enabled.
Office applications use the XML-based XMLDSIG format to attach digital signatures to documents, including Office 97-2003 binary documents. XMLDSIG signatures are not recognized by Office 2003 appli...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000516
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External Signature Services Menu for Office must be suppressed.
Users can select Add Signature Services (from the Signature Line drop-down menu on the Insert tab of the Ribbon in Excel 2013, PowerPoint 2013, and Word 2013) to see a list of signature service pro...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000516
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Inclusion of document properties for PDF and XPS output must be disallowed.
If the Microsoft Save as PDF or XPS Add-in for Microsoft Office Programs is installed, document properties are saved as metadata when users save or publish files using the PDF or XPS commands in Ac...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000516
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Blogging entries created from inside Office products must be configured for SharePoint only.
The blogging feature in Office products enables users to compose blog entries and post them to their blogs directly from Office, without using any additional software. By default, users can post bl...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000516
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The Enable Updates and Disable Updates options in the UI must be hidden from users.
This policy setting allows the user interface (UI) options to enable or disable Office automatic updates to be hidden from users. These options are found in the Product Information area of all Offi...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000516
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When using the Office Feedback tool, the ability to include a screenshot must be disabled.
The "Office Feedback" tool, also called "Send-a-Smile", allows a user to click on an icon and send feedback to Microsoft. The "Office Feedback" Tool must be configured to be disabled. In the event ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000516
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The ability to run unsecure Office apps must be disabled.
Unsecure apps for Office, which are apps that have web page or catalog locations that are not SSL-secured (https://), and/or are not in users' Internet zones may allow data to be transmitted/access...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000516
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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.
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...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141
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The Opt-In Wizard must be disabled.
The Opt-in Wizard displays the first time users run a 2013 Microsoft Office application, which allows them to opt into Internet-based services that will help improve their Office experience, such a...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141
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The Customer Experience Improvement Program for Office must be disabled.
When users choose to participate in the Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP), Office applications automatically send information to Microsoft about how the applications are used. This inf...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141
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Automatic receiving of small updates to improve reliability must be disallowed.
Having access to updates, add-ins, and patches on the Office Online website can help users ensure computers are up to date and equipped with the latest security patches. However, to ensure updates ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141
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The Internet Fax Feature must be disabled.
Excel, PowerPoint, and Word users can use the Internet Fax feature to send documents to fax recipients through an Internet fax service provider. If your organization has policies that govern the ti...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141
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Online content options must be configured for offline content availability.
The Office 2013 Help system automatically searches MicrosoftOffice.com for content when a computer is connected to the Internet. Users can change this default by clearing the Search Microsoft Offic...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141
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The video informing a user about signing into Office365 must be disabled.
Office 365 is a subscription-based service which offers access to various Microsoft Office applications. Access to Office 365 will not be permitted; only locally installed and configured Office 20...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141
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The first-run prompt to sign into Office365 must be disabled.
Office 365 functionality allows users to provide credentials for accessing Office 365 using either their Microsoft Account, or the user ID assigned by the organization. Access to Office 365 will no...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141
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The ability to sign into Office365 must be disabled.
Office 2013 can be configured to prompt users for credentials to Office365 using either their Microsoft Account or the user ID assigned by an organization for accessing Office 365. Access to Offic...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141
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The ability to automatically hyperlink screenshots within Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook must be disabled.
The ability to automatically bind hyperlink to a screenshot inserted through the Insert Screenshot tool introduces the possibility of a malicious URL or website being imbedded in the Word, PowerPoi...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141
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The prompt to save to OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive) must be disabled.
OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive) is a cloud based storage feature that introduces the capability for users to save documents to locations outside of protected enclaves. This feature introduces the risk...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141
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Office Presentation Service must be removed as an option for presenting PowerPoint and Word online.
The Office Presentation Service is a free, public service that allows others to follow along in a web browser. Allowing this feature could result in presentations with DoD FOUO, PII and other prot...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141
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The Office Feedback tool must be disabled.
The "Office Feedback" tool, also called "Send-a-Smile", allows a user to click on an icon and send feedback to Microsoft. Applications used by DoD users should not be able to provide feedback to co...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141
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Roaming settings must be stored locally and not synchronized to the Microsoft Office roaming settings web service.
Microsoft Office includes the ability to roam settings for specific Office features amongst devices by storing this data in the cloud. This data includes user activity such as the list of most rece...Rule Medium Severity -
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The ability of the Office Telemetry Agent to periodically upload telemetry data to a shared folder must be disabled.
Office Telemetry is a new compatibility monitoring framework. When an Office document or solution is loaded, used, closed, or raises an error in certain Office 2013 applications, the Office Telemet...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.