Detections
Analytics

2.62 (L1) Ensure 'Enable reporting of usage and crash-related data' is set to 'Disabled'

Information

This setting controls anonymous reporting of usage and crash-related data about Google Chrome to Google.

The recommended state for this setting is: Disabled (0)

NOTE: This setting is not available on Windows instances that are not joined to a Microsoft(R) Active Directory(R) domain.

Anonymous crash/usage data can be used to identify people, companies and information, which can be considered data ex-filtration from company systems.

Solution

To establish the recommended configuration via Group Policy, set the following UI path to Disabled :

Computer Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\Google\Google Chrome\Enable reporting of usage and crash-related data

Impact:

If this setting is disabled, this information is not sent to Google.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/23110

Item Details

Category: SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

References: 800-53|SI-8, CSCv7|4.8

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: d36c8022165b71aa45cb5437c8921f3890ae16853214660341b90064775abd94