Microsoft services to provide enhanced suggestions as the user types in the Address bar must be disallowed.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-46989	DTBI766-IE11	SV-59855r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
This policy setting allows Internet Explorer to provide enhanced suggestions as the user types in the Address bar. To provide enhanced suggestions, the user's keystrokes are sent to Microsoft through Microsoft services. If you enable this policy setting, users receive enhanced suggestions while typing in the Address bar. In addition, users won't be able to change the Suggestions setting on the Settings charm. If you disable this policy setting, users won't receive enhanced suggestions while typing in the Address bar. In addition, users won't be able to change the Suggestions setting on the Settings charm. If you don't configure this policy setting, users can change the Suggestions setting on the Settings charm.

Description

This policy setting allows Internet Explorer to provide enhanced suggestions as the user types in the Address bar. To provide enhanced suggestions, the user's keystrokes are sent to Microsoft through Microsoft services. If you enable this policy setting, users receive enhanced suggestions while typing in the Address bar. In addition, users won't be able to change the Suggestions setting on the Settings charm. If you disable this policy setting, users won't receive enhanced suggestions while typing in the Address bar. In addition, users won't be able to change the Suggestions setting on the Settings charm. If you don't configure this policy setting, users can change the Suggestions setting on the Settings charm.

STIG	Date
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2015-03-26

Details

Check Text ( C-49977r2_chk )
The policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer-> 'Allow Microsoft services to provide enhanced suggestions as the user types in the Address bar' must be 'Disabled'. Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer Criteria: If the value "AllowServicePoweredQSA" is REG_DWORD = 0, this is not a finding.

Check Text ( C-49977r2_chk )

The policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer-> 'Allow Microsoft services to provide enhanced suggestions as the user types in the Address bar' must be 'Disabled'. Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer Criteria: If the value "AllowServicePoweredQSA" is REG_DWORD = 0, this is not a finding.

Fix Text (F-50713r1_fix)
Set the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer-> 'Allow Microsoft services to provide enhanced suggestions as the user types in the Address bar' to 'Disabled'.