VM : disable-console-gui-options

Information

Explicitly disable copy/paste operations.
Copy and paste operations are disabled by default however by explicitly disabling this feature it will enable audit controls to check that this setting is correct.

Solution

# Add the setting to all VMs -
Get-VM | New-AdvancedSetting -Name "isolation.tools.setGUIOptions.enable" -value $false

See Also

https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/files/xls/vSphere_6_0_Hardening_Guide_GA_15_Jun_2015.xls

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-7

Plugin: VMware

Control ID: 70eca56088dae1c9c80bf733976fb019a3121223ca2b996fbddb4696f50c02cc