III - Administrative Public
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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SRG-APP-000039
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Firewall traversal from remote host must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>Remote connections should never be allowed that bypass the firewall, as there is no way to verify if they can be trusted. Ena...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000206
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Site tracking users location must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>Website tracking is the practice of gathering information as to which websites were accesses by a browser. The common method ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Sites ability to show pop-ups must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>Chrome allows you to manage whether unwanted pop-up windows appear. Pop-up windows that are opened when the end user clicks a...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000089
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Extensions installation must be blocklisted by default.
<VulnDiscussion>Extensions are developed by third party sources and are designed to extend Google Chrome's functionality. An extension can be...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000210
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Extensions that are approved for use must be allowlisted.
<VulnDiscussion>The allowlist should only contain organizationally approved extensions. This is to prevent a user from accidently allowlisitn...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The default search providers name must be set.
<VulnDiscussion>Specifies the name of the default search provider that is to be used, if left empty or not set, the host name specified by th...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The default search provider URL must be set to perform encrypted searches.
<VulnDiscussion>Specifies the URL of the search engine used when doing a default search. The URL should contain the string '{searchTerms}', w...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Default search provider must be enabled.
<VulnDiscussion>Policy enables the use of a default search provider. If you enable this setting, a default search is performed when the user ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Password Manager must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>Enables saving passwords and using saved passwords in Google Chrome. Malicious sites may take advantage of this feature by us...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000112
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Background processing must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>Determines whether a Google Chrome process is started on OS login that keeps running when the last browser window is closed, ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000047
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Google Data Synchronization must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>Disables data synchronization in Google Chrome using Google-hosted synchronization services and prevents users from changing ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The URL protocol schema javascript must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>Each access to a URL is handled by the browser according to the URL's "scheme". The "scheme" of a URL is the section before t...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000047
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Cloud print sharing must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>Policy enables Google Chrome to act as a proxy between Google Cloud Print and legacy printers connected to the machine. If th...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000516
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Network prediction must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>Enables network prediction in Google Chrome and prevents users from changing this setting. If you enable or disable this sett...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Metrics reporting to Google must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>Enables anonymous reporting of usage and crash-related data about Google Chrome to Google and prevents users from changing th...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Search suggestions must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>Search suggestion should be disabled as it could lead to searches being conducted that were never intended to be made. Enable...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Importing of saved passwords must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>Importing of saved passwords should be disabled as it could lead to unencrypted account passwords stored on the system from a...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000080
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Incognito mode must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>Incognito mode allows the user to browse the Internet without recording their browsing history/activity. From a forensics pe...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000605
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Online revocation checks must be performed.
<VulnDiscussion>By setting this policy to true, the previous behavior is restored and online OCSP/CRL checks will be performed. If the policy...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000206
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Safe Browsing must be enabled.
<VulnDiscussion>Allows you to control whether Google Chrome's Safe Browsing feature is enabled and the mode it operates in. If this policy i...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000231
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Browser history must be saved.
<VulnDiscussion>This policy disables saving browser history in Google Chrome and prevents users from changing this setting. If this setting i...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000456
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The version of Google Chrome running on the system must be a supported version.
<VulnDiscussion>Google Chrome is being continually updated by the vendor in order to address identified security vulnerabilities. Running an ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000089
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Deletion of browser history must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>Disabling this function will prevent users from deleting their browsing history, which could be used to identify malicious we...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000089
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Prompt for download location must be enabled.
<VulnDiscussion>If the policy is enabled, the user will be asked where to save each file before downloading. If the policy is disabled, downl...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000089
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Download restrictions must be configured.
<VulnDiscussion>Configure the type of downloads that Google Chrome will completely block, without letting users override the security decisio...Rule Medium Severity
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