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V-228436CAT II — Medium severitySV-228436r508021_rule

The Add-In Trust Level must be configured.

Rule version DTOO236 · STIG v2 · 2022-03-11

Discussion

All installed trusted COM addins can be trusted. Exchange Settings for the addins still override if present and this option is selected.

Check

Verify the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Outlook 2016 -> Security "Configure Add-In Trust Level" is set to "Enabled (Trust all loaded and installed COM addins)".

Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key:

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\16.0\outlook\security

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

Fix

Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Outlook 2016 -> Security "Configure Add-In Trust Level" to "Enabled (Trust all loaded and installed COM addins)".

Identifiers

Group ID
V-228436
Group title
SRG-APP-000210
Rule ID
SV-228436r508021_rule
Check ID
C-30669r497630_chk
Fix ID
F-30654r497631_fix