Detections
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1.152 WN11-CC-000210

Information

The Microsoft Defender SmartScreen for Explorer must be enabled.

GROUP ID: V-253395
RULE ID: SV-253395r958478

Microsoft Defender SmartScreen helps protect systems from programs downloaded from the internet that may be malicious. Enabling Microsoft Defender SmartScreen will warn or prevent users from running potentially malicious programs.

Solution

Configure the policy value for

Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Windows Components >> File Explorer >> 'Configure Windows Defender SmartScreen'

to 'Enabled' with 'Warn and prevent bypass' selected.

Windows 11 includes duplicate policies for this setting. It can also be configured under

Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Windows Components >> Windows Defender SmartScreen >> Explorer.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/27756

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-7, 800-53|CM-7a., CCI|CCI-000381, Rule-ID|SV-253395r958478_rule, STIG-ID|WN11-CC-000210, Vuln-ID|V-253395

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 7e405411aa64221c657650ba497d1490e4a5a995393139f74b485af4358db94b