STIGUI
V-278660CAT II — Medium severitySV-278660r1192820_rule

Microsoft Defender AV must hide the Family options area.

Rule version WNDF-AV-000056 · STIG v2 · 2026-09-02

Discussion

The Family options section contains links to settings and further information for parents of a Windows PC. It is not intended for enterprise or business environments.

This section can be hidden from users of the machine. This option can be useful if you do not want users in the organization to see or have access to this section.

Check

Verify the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Windows Components >> Windows Security >> Family Options >> Hide the Family options area is set to "Enabled"; otherwise, this is a finding.

Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender Security Center\Family options

Criteria: If the value "UILockdown" is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

If the value is 0, this is a finding.

Fix

Set the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Windows Components >> Windows Security >> Family Options >> Hide the Family options area to "Enabled".

Identifiers

Group ID
V-278660
Group title
SRG-APP-000210
Rule ID
SV-278660r1192820_rule
Check ID
C-83194r1144056_chk
Fix ID
F-83099r1190749_fix