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III - Administrative Classified

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-APP-000210

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

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting controls whether trusted locations on the network can be used. If you enable this policy setting, users c...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141

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    Group
  • The Save commands default file format must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting controls the default file format for saving workbooks in Excel. If you enable this policy setting, you ca...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000210

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

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting controls whether encrypted macros in Open XML workbooks be are required to be scanned with anti-virus sof...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000210

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    Group
  • Macro storage must be in personal macro workbooks.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting controls the default location for storing macros in Excel. If this policy setting is enabled, Excel store...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141

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    Group
  • Trust access for VBA must be disallowed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting controls whether automation clients such as Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Microsoft Office (VSTO...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000112

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    Group
  • Protection from zone elevation must be enforced.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Internet Explorer places restrictions on each web page users can use the browser to open. Web pages on a user's local compute...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000488

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    Group
  • ActiveX Installs must be configured for proper restriction.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Microsoft ActiveX controls allow unmanaged, unprotected code to run on the user computers. ActiveX controls do not run within...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000210

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    Group
  • Files in unsafe locations must be opened in Protected View.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting lets you determine if files located in unsafe locations will open in Protected View. If you have not spe...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000210

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    Group
  • Document behavior if file validation fails must be set.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting controls how Office handles documents when they fail file validation. If you enable this policy setting, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000210

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    Group
  • Excel attachments opened from Outlook must be in Protected View.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting allows you to determine if Excel files in Outlook attachments open in Protected View. If you enable this ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141

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    Group
  • Warning Bar settings for VBA macros must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting controls how the specified applications warn users when Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros are pr...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000207

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    Group
  • WEBSERVICE functions must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting controls how Excel will warn users when WEBSERVICE functions are present. If you enable this policy setti...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000207

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    Group
  • Corrupt workbook options must be disallowed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting controls whether Excel presents users with a list of data extraction options before beginning an Open and...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000210

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    Group
  • Macros must be blocked from running in Office files from the Internet.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting allows you to block macros from running in Office files that come from the Internet. If you enable this ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000210

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    Group
  • Files on local Intranet UNC must be opened in Protected View.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting lets you determine if files on local Intranet UNC file shares open in Protected View. If you enable this ...
    Rule Medium Severity

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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