Details

Allows you to control if videos can play automatically (without user consent) with audio content in Google Chrome.

If the policy is set to ‘True’, Google Chrome is allowed to autoplay media. If the policy is set to ‘False’, Google Chrome is not allowed to autoplay media. The ‘AutoplayWhitelist’ policy can be used to override this for certain URL patterns. By default, Google Chrome is not allowed to autoplay media. The ‘AutoplayWhitelist’ policy can be used to override this for certain URL patterns.

Solution

Windows group policy:
1. Open the ‘group policy editor’ tool with gpedit.msc
2. Navigate to Policy Path: Computer ConfigurationAdministrative TemplatesGoogleGoogle Chrome
Policy Name: Allow media autoplay
Policy State: Disabled
Policy Value: N/A

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: Configuration Management.This control applies to the following type of system Windows.

References

• 800-53|CM-7a.
• CAT|II
• CCI|CCI-000381
• Rule-ID|SV-221595r615937_rule
• STIG-ID|DTBC-0064
• STIG-Legacy|SV-96295
• STIG-Legacy|V-81581
• Vuln-ID|V-221595

Source

• Tenable.com/audits