II - Mission Support Classified
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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SRG-APP-000039
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Firewall traversal from remote host must be disabled.
Remote connections should never be allowed that bypass the firewall, as there is no way to verify if they can be trusted. Enables usage of STUN and relay servers when remote clients are trying to e...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000206
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Site tracking users location must be disabled.
Website tracking is the practice of gathering information as to which websites were accesses by a browser. The common method of doing this is to have a website create a tracking cookie on the brows...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141
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Sites ability to show pop-ups must be disabled.
Chrome allows you to manage whether unwanted pop-up windows appear. Pop-up windows that are opened when the end user clicks a link are not blocked. If you enable this policy setting, most unwanted ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000089
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Extensions installation must be blocklisted by default.
Extensions are developed by third party sources and are designed to extend Google Chrome's functionality. An extension can be made by anyone, to do and access almost anything on a system; this mean...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000210
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Extensions that are approved for use must be allowlisted.
The allowlist should only contain organizationally approved extensions. This is to prevent a user from accidently allowlisitng a malicious extension. This policy allows you to specify which extensi...Rule Low Severity -
SRG-APP-000141
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The default search providers name must be set.
Specifies the name of the default search provider that is to be used, if left empty or not set, the host name specified by the search URL will be used. This policy is only considered if the 'Defaul...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141
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The default search provider URL must be set to perform encrypted searches.
Specifies the URL of the search engine used when doing a default search. The URL should contain the string '{searchTerms}', which will be replaced at query time by the terms the user is searching f...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141
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Default search provider must be enabled.
Policy enables the use of a default search provider. If you enable this setting, a default search is performed when the user types text in the omnibox that is not a URL. You can specify the default...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141
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The Password Manager must be disabled.
Enables saving passwords and using saved passwords in Google Chrome. Malicious sites may take advantage of this feature by using hidden fields gain access to the stored information. If you enable t...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000112
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Background processing must be disabled.
Determines whether a Google Chrome process is started on OS login that keeps running when the last browser window is closed, allowing background apps to remain active. The background process displa...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000047
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Google Data Synchronization must be disabled.
Disables data synchronization in Google Chrome using Google-hosted synchronization services and prevents users from changing this setting. If you enable this setting, users cannot change or overrid...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141
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The URL protocol schema javascript must be disabled.
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 the ":". The term "protocol" is often mistakenly used for a "scheme". The...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000047
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Cloud print sharing must be disabled.
Policy enables Google Chrome to act as a proxy between Google Cloud Print and legacy printers connected to the machine. If this setting is enabled or not configured, users can enable the cloud prin...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000516
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Network prediction must be disabled.
Enables network prediction in Google Chrome and prevents users from changing this setting. If you enable or disable this setting, users cannot change or override this setting in Google Chrome. If t...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141
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Metrics reporting to Google must be disabled.
Enables anonymous reporting of usage and crash-related data about Google Chrome to Google and prevents users from changing this setting. If you enable this setting, anonymous reporting of usage and...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141
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Search suggestions must be disabled.
Search suggestion should be disabled as it could lead to searches being conducted that were never intended to be made. Enables search suggestions in Google Chrome's omnibox and prevents users from ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141
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Importing of saved passwords must be disabled.
Importing of saved passwords should be disabled as it could lead to unencrypted account passwords stored on the system from another browser to be viewed. This policy forces the saved passwords to b...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000080
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Incognito mode must be disabled.
Incognito mode allows the user to browse the Internet without recording their browsing history/activity. From a forensics perspective, this is unacceptable. Best practice requires that browser hi...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000605
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Online revocation checks must be performed.
By setting this policy to true, the previous behavior is restored and online OCSP/CRL checks will be performed. If the policy is not set, or is set to false, then Chrome will not perform online rev...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000206
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Safe Browsing must be enabled.
Allows you to control whether Google Chrome's Safe Browsing feature is enabled and the mode it operates in. If this policy is set to 'NoProtection' (value 0), Safe Browsing is never active. If th...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000231
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Browser history must be saved.
This policy disables saving browser history in Google Chrome and prevents users from changing this setting. If this setting is enabled, browsing history is not saved. If this setting is disabled or...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000456
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The version of Google Chrome running on the system must be a supported version.
Google Chrome is being continually updated by the vendor in order to address identified security vulnerabilities. Running an older version of the browser can introduce security vulnerabilities to t...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000089
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Deletion of browser history must be disabled.
Disabling this function will prevent users from deleting their browsing history, which could be used to identify malicious websites and files that could later be used for anti-virus and Intrusion D...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000089
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Prompt for download location must be enabled.
If the policy is enabled, the user will be asked where to save each file before downloading. If the policy is disabled, downloads will start immediately, and the user will not be asked where to sav...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000089
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Download restrictions must be configured.
Configure the type of downloads that Google Chrome will completely block, without letting users override the security decision. If you set this policy, Google Chrome will prevent certain types of d...Rule Medium Severity
Node 2
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.