Prevent users from customizing attachment security settings

Prevent users from customizing attachment security settings - Outlook

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-17766	DTOO238 - Outlook	SV-18970r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
All installed trusted COM addins can be trusted. Exchange Settings for the addins still override if present and this option is selected.

STIG	Date
Microsoft Outlook 2007	2014-01-07

Details

Check Text ( C-19029r1_chk )
The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 -> Security “Prevent users from customizing attachment security” will be set to “Enabled”. Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Outlook Criteria: If the value DisallowAttachmentCustomization is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Check Text ( C-19029r1_chk )

The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 -> Security “Prevent users from customizing attachment security” will be set to “Enabled”.

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

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Outlook

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

Fix Text (F-17665r1_fix)
The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 -> Security “Prevent users from customizing attachment security” will be set to “Enabled”.