VM : disable-console-paste

Information

Explicitly disable copy/paste operations.
Copy and paste operations are disabled by default, however, if you explicitly disable this feature, audit controls can check that this setting is correct.
http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-60/topic/com.vmware.vsphere.security.doc/GUID-367D02C1-B71F-4AC3-AA05-85033136A667.html

Solution

# Add the setting to all VMs -
Get-VM | New-AdvancedSetting -Name "isolation.tools.paste.disable" -value $true

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: d76f94783197285d46cf0513c55b0d02963dcf84e93724794178d0a613e2e290