DTBC-0052 - Deletion of browser history must be disabled.

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Information

Disabling this function will prevent users from deleting their browsing history, which could be used to identify malicious websites and files that could later be used for anti-virus and Intrusion Detection System (IDS) signatures. Furthermore, preventing users from deleting browsing history could be used to identify abusive web surfing on government systems.

Solution

Windows group policy:
1. Open the group policy editor tool with gpedit.msc
2. Navigate to Policy Path: Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Google\Google Chrome\
Policy Name: Enable deleting browser and download history
Policy State: Disabled
Policy Value: N/A

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Google_Chrome_V2R8_STIG.zip

Item Details

References: CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000169, Rule-ID|SV-221586r615937_rule, STIG-ID|DTBC-0052, STIG-Legacy|SV-89845, STIG-Legacy|V-75165, Vuln-ID|V-221586

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 1b68bf025e2522cac8f85b0e954003c78011f3769062bb5f3df3cf2175bc5390