DTBI770 - Deleting web sites that the user has visited must be disallowed.

Information

This policy prevents users from deleting the history of web sites the user has visited. If you enable this policy setting, web sites the user has visited will be preserved when the user clicks Delete. If you disable this policy setting, web sites that the user has visited will be deleted when user clicks Delete. If you do not configure this policy setting, the user will be able to select whether to delete or preserve web sites the user visited when the user clicks Delete.

Solution

Set the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer -> Delete Browsing History -> 'Prevent Deleting Web sites that the User has Visited' to 'Enabled'.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Microsoft_IE9_V1R15_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

References: 800-53|AU-12a., CAT|II, Rule-ID|SV-40708r1_rule, STIG-ID|DTBI770, Vuln-ID|V-22149

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: fa1a091f7da7090904a818db3fcf443da8525ec5821b3a723bc3f86e6d14f916