STIGUI
V-223128CAT II — Medium severitySV-223128r879554_rule

InPrivate Browsing must be disallowed.

Rule version DTBI780-IE11 · STIG v2 · 2023-12-01

Discussion

InPrivate Browsing lets the user control whether or not Internet Explorer saves the browsing history, cookies, and other data. User control of settings is not the preferred control method. The InPrivate Browsing feature in Internet Explorer makes browser privacy easy by not storing history, cookies, temporary Internet files, or other data. If you enable this policy setting, InPrivate Browsing will be disabled. If you disable this policy setting, InPrivate Browsing will be available for use. If you do not configure this setting, InPrivate Browsing can be turned on or off through the registry.

Check

The policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer -> Privacy -> 'Turn off InPrivate Browsing' must be 'Enabled'. Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Privacy Criteria: If the value "EnableInPrivateBrowsing" is REG_DWORD = 0, this is not a finding.

Fix

Set the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer -> Privacy -> 'Turn off InPrivate Browsing' to 'Enabled'.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-223128
Group title
SRG-APP-000080
Rule ID
SV-223128r879554_rule
Check ID
C-24801r428934_chk
Fix ID
F-24789r428935_fix