Details

This policy setting allows users to be prevented from using or inserting apps that come from the Office Store. If this policy setting is enabled, apps from the Office Store are blocked. If this policy setting is disabled or not configured, apps from the Office Store are allowed, unless the ‘Block Apps for Office’ policy setting is enabled.

Solution

Set the policy value for User Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Microsoft Office 2013 >> Security Settings >> Trust Center >> Trusted Catalogs ‘Block the Office Store’ to ‘Enabled’.

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_OfficeSystem_2013_V2R1_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-5(3)
• CAT|II
• CCI|CCI-001749
• Rule-ID|SV-228553r508020_rule
• STIG-ID|DTOO413
• STIG-Legacy|SV-53215
• STIG-Legacy|V-40883
• Vuln-ID|V-228553

Source

• Tenable.com/audits