Configure Microsoft Defender SmartScreen

Information

This policy setting lets you configure whether to turn on Microsoft Defender SmartScreen. Microsoft Defender SmartScreen provides warning messages to help protect your users from potential phishing scams and malicious software. By default Microsoft Defender SmartScreen is turned on.

If you enable this setting Microsoft Defender SmartScreen is turned on.

If you disable this setting Microsoft Defender SmartScreen is turned off.

If you don't configure this setting users can choose whether to use Microsoft Defender SmartScreen.

This policy is available only on Windows instances that are joined to a Microsoft Active Directory domain Windows 10 Pro or Enterprise instances that enrolled for device management or macOS instances that are that are managed via MDM or joined to a domain via MCX.

Solution

Policy Path: Microsoft Edge\SmartScreen settings
Policy Setting Name: Configure Microsoft Defender SmartScreen

See Also

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-security-baselines/security-baseline-for-microsoft-edge-v96/ba-p/2997665

Item Details

Category: SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

References: 800-53|SI-3

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 8ecba8c5f2875607b901a164cd94d3f653174051a7c78ec27037b5a0e650e26c