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Office Presentation Service must be removed as an option for presenting PowerPoint and Word online.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-40875 DTOO408 SV-53207r1_rule Medium
Description
The Office Presentation Service is a free, public service that allows others to follow along in a web browser. Allowing this feature could result in presentations with DoD FOUO, PII and other protected data to be viewed in a nonsecure location. By disabling this policy, the user will not have the ability to deliver a presentation online.
STIG Date
Microsoft Office System 2013 STIG 2015-06-18

Details

Check Text ( C-47513r1_chk )
Verify the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2013 -> Present Online -> "Remove Office Presentation Service from the list of online presentation services in PowerPoint and Word" is set to "Enabled".

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

HKCU\software\policies\Microsoft\office\15.0\common\broadcast

Criteria: If the value disabledefaultservice is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.
Fix Text (F-46133r1_fix)
Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2013 -> Present Online -> "Remove Office Presentation Service from the list of online presentation services in PowerPoint and Word" to "Enabled".