DTOO131 - Trust Bar Notifications for unsigned application add-ins must be blocked.

Information

If an application is configured to require all add-ins be signed by a trusted publisher, any unsigned add-ins the application loads will be disabled and the application will display the Trust Bar at the top of the active window. The Trust Bar contains a message informing users about the unsigned add-in. If the Trust Bar were to be allowed while add-ins are required to be signed by a trusted publisher, the user would have the ability to make the determination to allow an unsigned add-in, which increases the risk of allowing malicious code to run on the user's computer and on the network.

Solution

Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Access 2013 -> Application Settings -> Security -> Trust Center 'Disable Trust Bar Notification for unsigned application add-ins and block them' to 'Enabled'.

See Also

https://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_MS_Access_2013_V1R6_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-5(3), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001749, Rule-ID|SV-52769r1_rule, STIG-ID|DTOO131, Vuln-ID|V-17187

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: aa6ccd8d2c6d8f7d947349360bf27142a5bcb3f7463c35bff38182c9d7bf070d