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CIS Microsoft Edge v3.0.0 L1

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Audit Details

Name: CIS Microsoft Edge v3.0.0 L1

Updated: 11/25/2025

Authority: CIS

Plugin: Windows

Revision: 1.2

Estimated Item Count: 102

File Details

Filename: CIS_Microsoft_Edge_v3.0.0_L1.audit

Size: 169 kB

MD5: 42960af4952ddbd26d3886cde06a2bef
SHA256: c68c09a414f657d5a20b3307bcdf89e355a85344d009d942d66fb6d96398fb81

Audit Items

DescriptionCategories
1.2.1 (L1) Ensure 'Enable Google Cast' is set to 'Disabled'
1.3.2 (L1) Ensure 'Control use of insecure content exceptions' is set to 'Enabled: Do not allow any site to load mixed content'
1.3.5 (L1) Ensure 'Control use of the File System API for writing' is set to 'Enabled: Don't allow any site to request write access to files and directories'
1.3.8 (L1) Ensure 'Default automatic downloads setting' is set to 'Enabled: Don't allow any website to perform automatic downloads'
1.3.9 (L1) Ensure 'Default geolocation setting' is set to 'Enabled: Don't allow any site to track users' physical location'
1.5.1 (L1) Ensure 'Configure Edge Website Typo Protection' is set to 'Enabled'
1.7.1 (L1) Ensure 'Configure users ability to override feature flags' is set to 'Enabled: Prevent users from overriding feature flags'
1.8.1 (L1) Ensure 'Blocks external extensions from being installed' is set to 'Enabled'
1.9.1 Ensure 'Enable Gamer Mode' is set to 'Disabled'
1.10.1 (L1) Ensure 'Allow Basic authentication for HTTP' is set to 'Disabled'
1.10.2 (L1) Ensure 'Allow cross-origin HTTP Authentication prompts' is set to 'Disabled'
1.11.1 (L1) Ensure 'Enable the linked account feature' is set to 'Disabled'
1.11.2 (L1) Ensure 'Guided Switch Enabled' is set to 'Disabled'
1.17.1 (L1) Ensure 'Enable saving passwords to the password manager' is set to 'Disabled'
1.18.1 (L1) Ensure 'Enable startup boost' is set to 'Disabled'
1.21.1 (L1) Ensure 'Specifies whether to allow websites to make requests to more-private network endpoints' is set to 'Disabled'
1.25.1 (L1) Ensure 'Configure Microsoft Defender SmartScreen' is set to 'Enabled'
1.25.2 (L1) Ensure 'Configure Microsoft Defender SmartScreen to block potentially unwanted apps' is set to 'Enabled'
1.25.3 (L1) Ensure 'Enable Microsoft Defender SmartScreen DNS requests' is set to 'Disabled'
1.25.4 (L1) Ensure 'Force Microsoft Defender SmartScreen checks on downloads from trusted sources' is set to 'Enabled'
1.25.5 (L1) Ensure 'Prevent bypassing Microsoft Defender SmartScreen prompts for sites' is set to 'Enabled'
1.25.6 (L1) Ensure 'Prevent bypassing of Microsoft Defender SmartScreen warnings about downloads' is set to 'Enabled'
1.26.1 (L1) Ensure 'Disable Bing chat entry-points on Microsoft Edge Enterprise new tab page' is set to 'Disabled'
1.27 (L1) Ensure 'Ads setting for sites with intrusive ads' is set to 'Enabled: Block ads on sites with intrusive ads.'
1.28 (L1) Ensure 'Allow download restrictions' is set to 'Enabled: Block malicious downloads'
1.31 (L1) Ensure 'Allow Google Cast to connect to Cast devices on all IP addresses' is set to 'Disabled'
1.32 (L1) Ensure 'Allow import of data from other browsers on each Microsoft Edge launch' is set to 'Disabled'
1.33 (L1) Ensure 'Allow importing of autofill form data' is set to 'Disabled'
1.34 (L1) Ensure 'Allow importing of browser settings' is set to 'Disabled'
1.35 (L1) Ensure 'Allow importing of home page settings' is set to 'Disabled'
1.36 (L1) Ensure 'Allow importing of payment info' is set to 'Disabled'
1.37 (L1) Ensure 'Allow importing of saved passwords' is set to 'Disabled'
1.38 (L1) Ensure 'Allow importing of search engine settings' is set to 'Disabled'
1.39 (L1) Ensure 'Allow managed extensions to use the Enterprise Hardware Platform API' is set to 'Disabled'
1.43 (L1) Ensure 'Allow personalization of ads, Microsoft Edge, search, news and other Microsoft services by sending browsing history, favorites and collections, usage and other browsing data to Microsoft' is set to 'Disabled'
1.44 (L1) Ensure 'Allow queries to a Browser Network Time service' is set to 'Enabled'
1.45 (L1) Ensure 'Allow remote debugging' is set to 'Disabled'
1.46 (L1) Ensure 'Allow the audio sandbox to run' is set to 'Enabled'
1.48 (L1) Ensure 'Allow user feedback' is set to 'Disabled'
1.52 (L1) Ensure 'Allow websites to query for available payment methods' is set to 'Disabled'
1.54 (L1) Ensure 'Automatically import another browser's data and settings at first run' is set to 'Enabled: Disables automatic import, and the import section of the first-run experience is skipped'
1.55 (L1) Ensure 'Automatically open downloaded MHT or MHTML files from the web in Internet Explorer mode' is set to 'Disabled'
1.57 (L1) Ensure 'Block tracking of users' web-browsing activity' is set to 'Enabled: Balanced (Blocks harmful trackers and trackers from sites user has not visited; content and ads will be less personalized)' or higher
1.59 (L1) Ensure 'Clear browsing data when Microsoft Edge closes' is set to 'Disabled'
1.60 (L1) Ensure 'Clear cached images and files when Microsoft Edge closes' is set to 'Disabled'
1.61 (L1) Ensure 'Clear history for IE and IE mode every time you exit' is set to 'Disabled'
1.62 (L1) Ensure 'Compose is enabled for writing on the web' is set to 'Disabled'
1.63 (L1) Ensure 'Configure browser process code integrity guard setting' is set to 'Enabled: Enable code integrity guard enforcement in the browser process.'
1.64 (L1) Ensure 'Configure InPrivate mode availability' is set to 'Enabled: InPrivate mode disabled'
1.66 (L1) Ensure 'Configure Related Matches in Find on Page' is set to 'Disabled'