1.8.7.5 Ensure 'Warn Before Printing, Saving or Sending a File That Contains Tracked Changes or Comments' is set to Enabled

Information

Checks/unchecks the corresponding UI option. The recommended state for this setting is: Enabled. Tracked changes or comments embedded within a document may contain sensitive, insulting, or embarrassing information that the document owner forgot that she or one of the other contributors or reviewers had placed there.

Solution

To implement the recommended configuration state, set the following Group Policy setting to Enabled. User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Microsoft Word 2016\Word Options\Security\Warn Before Printing, Saving or Sending a File That Contains Tracked Changes or Comments Impact: Enabling this setting can cause users to see a warning dialog frequently if they use tracked changes or comments in many of their documents, which could be frustrating to them.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/557

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b.

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 0cd2f67e237e922dbe083a9658df4bf100b3173cfd37fcd64f43b66c62806345