DTOO237 - The remember password for internet e-mail accounts must be disabled.

Information

As a security precaution, password caching for email Internet protocols such as POP3 or IMAP may lead to password discovery and eventually to data loss. An attacker that is able to access the users' profile may be able to acquire these cached passwords; they could then use this information to compromise the users' email accounts and other systems that use the same credentials.

Solution

Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Outlook 2013 -> Security 'Disable 'Remember password' for Internet e-mail accounts' to 'Enabled'.

See Also

https://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_MS_Outlook_2013_V1R13_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

References: 800-53|IA-5(13), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-002007, Rule-ID|SV-53923r1_rule, STIG-ID|DTOO237, Vuln-ID|V-17587

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 78300ee903820e6db82424ad342db13b5219a4be751f7278b4b8b435ffea0329