Detections
Analytics

EDGE-00-000054 - Tracking of browsing activity must be disabled.

Information

The setting allows websites to be blocked from tracking users' web-browsing activity.

If this policy is disabled or is not configured, users can set their own level of tracking prevention.

Policy options mapping:
- TrackingPreventionOff (0) = Off (no tracking prevention)
- TrackingPreventionBasic (1) = Basic (blocks harmful trackers; content and ads will be personalized)
- TrackingPreventionBalanced (2) = Balanced (blocks harmful trackers and trackers from sites user has not visited; content and ads will be less personalized)
- TrackingPreventionStrict (3) = Strict (blocks harmful trackers and majority of trackers from all sites; content and ads will have minimal personalization; some parts of sites might not work)

Solution

Set the policy value for 'Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Block tracking of users' web-browsing activity' to 'Balanced' or 'Strict'.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_Edge_V2R5_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-7(3), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000388, Rule-ID|SV-235766r1051115_rule, STIG-ID|EDGE-00-000054, Vuln-ID|V-235766

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: af2ed0811371a2678f0a2f4947e10140e57b787a9c15e5dac4581caf4731c4dd