The Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program must be disabled.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-16020	WN08-CC-000045	SV-48260r2_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
Some features may communicate with the vendor, sending system information or downloading data or components for the feature. Turning off this capability will prevent potentially sensitive information from being sent outside the enterprise and uncontrolled updates to the system. This setting ensures the Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program is disabled so information is not passed to the vendor.

Description

Some features may communicate with the vendor, sending system information or downloading data or components for the feature. Turning off this capability will prevent potentially sensitive information from being sent outside the enterprise and uncontrolled updates to the system. This setting ensures the Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program is disabled so information is not passed to the vendor.

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

Details

Check Text ( None )
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Fix Text (F-41395r1_fix)
Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System -> Internet Communication Management -> Internet Communication Settings -> "Turn off Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program" to "Enabled".