The ability to run unsecure Office apps must be disabled.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-70895	DTOO412	SV-85519r1_rule		Medium

Description
Unsecure apps for Office, which are apps that have web page or catalog locations that are not SSL-secured (https://), and/or are not in users' Internet zones may allow data to be transmitted/accessed via clear text to outside sources. By configuring this policy to be disabled, users will be prevented from transmitting/accessing data in a nonsecure manner.

STIG	Date
Microsoft Office System 2016 STIG	2016-12-21

Details

Check Text ( None )
None

Fix Text (F-46141r1_fix)
Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2016 -> Security Settings -> Trust Center -> Trusted Catalogs "Allow Unsecure Apps and Catalogs" to "Disabled".