Disable the "remember password" for internet e-mail accounts

Disable the "remember password" for internet e-mail accounts - Outlook.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-17587	DTOO237 - Outlook	SV-18712r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
As a security precaution, password caching for eMail Internet protocols such as POP3 or IMAP may lead to password discovery and evantually to data loss.

STIG	Date
Microsoft Outlook 2007	2015-09-17

Details

Check Text ( C-18887r1_chk )
The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 -> Security “Disable ‘Remember password’ for Internet e-mail accounts” 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\Security Criteria: If the value EnableRememberPwd is REG_DWORD = 0, this is not a finding.

Check Text ( C-18887r1_chk )

The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 -> Security “Disable ‘Remember password’ for Internet e-mail accounts” 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\Security

Criteria: If the value EnableRememberPwd is REG_DWORD = 0, this is not a finding.

Fix Text (F-17505r1_fix)
The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 -> Security “Disable ‘Remember password’ for Internet e-mail accounts” will be set to “Enabled”.