DTBC-0039 - Browser history must be saved.

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Information

This policy disables saving browser history in Google Chrome and prevents users from changing this setting. If this setting is enabled, browsing history is not saved. If this setting is disabled or not set, browsing history is saved.

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: Disable saving browser 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-001199, Rule-ID|SV-221581r615937_rule, STIG-ID|DTBC-0039, STIG-Legacy|SV-57627, STIG-Legacy|V-44793, Vuln-ID|V-221581

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 1205168e249248e243a3f03ddae92893cbf27a00e2069bf6a79ae49b41cd8aab