Details

Allows you to control whether Google Chrome’s Safe Browsing feature is enabled and the mode it operates in.

If this policy is set to ‘NoProtection’ (value 0), Safe Browsing is never active.

If this policy is set to ‘StandardProtection’ (value 1, which is the default), Safe Browsing is always active in the standard mode.

If this policy is set to ‘EnhancedProtection’ (value 2), Safe Browsing is always active in the enhanced mode, which provides better security, but requires sharing more browsing information with Google.

Solution

Windows group policy:
1. Open the ‘group policy editor’ tool with gpedit.msc
2. Navigate to Policy Path: Computer ConfigurationAdministrative TemplatesGoogleGoogle ChromeSafe Browsing Settings
Policy Name: Safe Browsing Protection Level
Policy State: Enabled
Policy Value: StandardProtection or EnhancedProtection

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Google_Chrome_V2R4_STIG.zip

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: System and Communications Protection.This control applies to the following type of system Windows.

References

• 800-53|SC-18(1)
• CAT|II
• CCI|CCI-001166
• Rule-ID|SV-221580r684826_rule
• STIG-ID|DTBC-0038
• STIG-Legacy|SV-57625
• STIG-Legacy|V-44791
• Vuln-ID|V-221580

Source

• Tenable.com/audits