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V-228437CAT II — Medium severitySV-228437r508021_rule

The remember password for internet e-mail accounts must be disabled.

Rule version DTOO237 · STIG v2 · 2022-03-11

Discussion

Use this option to hide your user's ability to cache passwords locally in the computer's registry. When configured, this policy will hide the 'Remember Password' checkbox and not allow users to have Outlook remember their password. Note that POP3, IMAP, and HTTP e-mail accounts are all considered Internet e-mail accounts in Outlook. E-mail account options are listed on the Server Type dialog box when users choose 'New' under Tools | Account Settings.

Check

Verify the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Outlook 2016 -> Security "Disable 'Remember password' for Internet e-mail accounts" is set to "Enabled".

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 EnableRememberPwd is REG_DWORD = 0, this is not a finding.

Fix

Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Outlook 2016 -> Security "Disable 'Remember password' for Internet e-mail accounts" to "Enabled".

Identifiers

Group ID
V-228437
Group title
SRG-APP-000400
Rule ID
SV-228437r508021_rule
Check ID
C-30670r497633_chk
Fix ID
F-30655r497634_fix