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1.102 (L1) Ensure 'Enable security warnings for command-line flags' is set to 'Enabled'

Information

This policy setting prevents Microsoft Edge from showing security warnings that potentially dangerous command-line flags are in use at its' launch.

The recommended state of this setting is: Enabled.

If Microsoft Edge is being launched with potentially dangerous flags this information should be exposed to the user as a warning, if not the user may unintentionally be using non-secure settings and be exposed to security flaws.

Solution

To establish the recommended configuration via configuration profiles, set the following Settings Catalog path to Enabled :

Microsoft Edge\Enable security warnings for command-line flags

Impact:

None - this is the default behavior.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/24642

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b.

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 24f92e4c03bf2ba2ef47e4dc3f5de0e07026153db1e82aee75ea87f96b2dc002