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1.108 (L1) Ensure 'Enable use of ephemeral profiles' is set to 'Disabled'

Information

This policy setting controls whether user profiles are switched to ephemeral mode. In ephemeral mode, profile data is saved on disk for the length of the session and then the data is deleted after the session is over. Therefore, no data is saved to the device.

The recommended state for this setting is: Disabled.

The use of ephemeral profiles will not be allowed, and user browser data will be saved to the system.

Solution

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

Microsoft Edge\Enable use of ephemeral profiles

Impact:

None - this is the default behavior.

See Also

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

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6, 800-53|CM-7, CSCv7|9.2

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: be2a90134d71fadbb8485ed015756dc99ba871a40343d241885f7f197a42d1a7