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Connection verification of permissions must be enforced.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-17731 DTOO201 - Office System SV-33460r1_rule Medium
Description
Users are not required to connect to the network to verify permissions. If users do not need their licenses confirmed when attempting to open Office documents, they might be able to access documents after their licenses have been revoked. Also, it is not possible to log the usage of files with restricted permissions if users' licenses are not confirmed.
STIG Date
Microsoft Office System 2010 STIG 2018-04-04

Details

Check Text ( C-33943r1_chk )
The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2010 -> Manage Restricted Permissions “Always require users to connect to verify permission” must be set to “Enabled”.

Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key:

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\14.0\common\drm

Criteria: If the value RequireConnection is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.
Fix Text (F-29632r1_fix)
Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2010 -> Manage Restricted Permissions “Always require users to connect to verify permission” to “Enabled”.