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

Information

This policy setting controls whether the specified Office application notifies users when unsigned application add-ins are loaded or silently disable such add-ins without notification. This policy setting only applies if you enable the 'Require that application add-ins are signed by Trusted Publisher' policy setting, which prevents users from changing this policy setting. If you enable this policy setting, applications automatically disable unsigned add-ins without informing users. If you disable this policy setting, if this application is configured to require that 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 that informs users about the unsigned add-in. If you do not configure this policy setting, the disable behavior applies, and in addition, users can configure this requirement themselves in the 'Add-ins' category of the Trust Center for the application.

Solution

Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Publisher 2016 -> Security -> Trust Center 'Disable Trust Bar Notification for unsigned application add-ins' to 'Enabled'.

See Also

https://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_MS_Publisher_2016_V1R3_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-5(3), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001749, Rule-ID|SV-85379r1_rule, STIG-ID|DTOO131, Vuln-ID|V-70755

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 9730aeddc3feb3421660ebddbf70e0b162ac649770ad9db39d7bd60a3504f1f7