Details

This setting provides positive feedback before a download starts, limiting the possibility of inadvertent downloads without notifying the user.

Solution

Set the policy value for ‘Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Ask where to save downloaded files’ to ‘enabled’.

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_Edge_V1R4_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|III
• CCI|CCI-000381
• Rule-ID|SV-235765r626523_rule
• STIG-ID|EDGE-00-000052
• Vuln-ID|V-235765

Source

• Tenable.com/audits