A warning before printing that the document contains tracking changes must be provided.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-17813	DTOO303	SV-53585r2_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
Tracked changes or comments embedded within a document may contain sensitive, insulting, or embarrassing information that the document owner forgot, or that a contributor may have inserted.

STIG	Date
Microsoft Word 2013 STIG	2014-12-23

Details

Check Text ( C-47732r2_chk )
Verify the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Word 2013 -> Word Options -> Security "Warn before printing, saving or sending a file that contains tracked changes or comments" is set to "Enabled". Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\15.0\word\options Criteria: If the value WarnRevisions is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding

Check Text ( C-47732r2_chk )

Verify the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Word 2013 -> Word Options -> Security "Warn before printing, saving or sending a file that contains tracked changes or comments" is set to "Enabled".

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

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\15.0\word\options

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

Fix Text (F-46509r1_fix)
Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Word 2013 -> Word Options -> Security "Warn before printing, saving or sending a file that contains tracked changes or comments" to "Enabled".