Indexing of mail items in Exchange folders when Outlook is running in uncached mode must be turned off.

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Indexing of mail items in Exchange folders when Outlook is running in uncached mode must be turned off.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-15712	WN08-CC-000108	SV-48250r3_rule		Low

Description
Indexing of encrypted items may expose sensitive data. This setting prevents mail items in a Microsoft Exchange folder from being indexed when Outlook is running in uncached mode.

STIG	Date
Windows 8 / 8.1 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2016-07-22

Details

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Fix Text (F-62309r1_fix)
If Outlook is not installed on the system, this is NA. If Outlook is installed on the system, configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Search -> "Enable indexing uncached Exchange folders" to "Disabled".