Connection verification of permissions must be enforced.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-228556	DTOO201	SV-228556r508020_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confirmed when attempting to open Office documents, they might be able to access documents after their licenses have been revoked.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 2013 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2020-09-25

Details

Check Text ( C-30789r498946_chk )
Verify the policy value for User Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Microsoft Office 2013 >> Manage Restricted Permissions "Always require users to connect to verify permission" is set to "Enabled". Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\15.0\common\drm Criteria: If the value 'RequireConnection' is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Check Text ( C-30789r498946_chk )

Verify the policy value for User Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Microsoft Office 2013 >> Manage Restricted Permissions "Always require users to connect to verify permission" is set to "Enabled".

Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\15.0\common\drm

Criteria: If the value 'RequireConnection' is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Fix Text (F-30774r498947_fix)
Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2013 -> Manage Restricted Permissions "Always require users to connect to verify permission" to "Enabled".