STIGUI
V-221594CAT II — Medium severitySV-221594r960963_rule

Google Cast must be disabled.

Rule version DTBC-0063 · STIG v2 · 2025-05-15

Discussion

If this policy is set to ”True” or is not set, Google Cast will be enabled, and users will be able to launch it from the app menu, page context menus, media controls on Cast-enabled websites, and (if shown) the “Cast toolbar” icon. If this policy set to ”False”, Google Cast will be disabled.

Check

Universal method: 1. In the omnibox (address bar) type chrome://policy 2. If "EnableMediaRouter" is not displayed under the "Policy Name" column or it is not set to "False", this is a finding. Windows method: 1. Start regedit 2. Navigate to HKLM\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome\ 3. If the "EnableMediaRouter" value name does not exist or its value data is not set to "0", this is a finding.

Fix

Windows group policy: 1. Open the “group policy editor” tool with gpedit.msc 2. Navigate to Policy Path: Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Google\Google Chrome\Google Cast Policy Name: Enable Google Cast Policy State: Disabled Policy Value: N/A

Identifiers

Group ID
V-221594
Group title
SRG-APP-000141
Rule ID
SV-221594r960963_rule
Check ID
C-23309r415909_chk
Fix ID
F-23298r415910_fix