Details
Search suggestion should be disabled as it could lead to searches being conducted that were never intended to be made. Enables search suggestions in Google Chrome’s omnibox and prevents users from changing this setting. If you enable this setting, search suggestions are used. If you disable this setting, search suggestions are never used. If you enable or disable this setting, users cannot change or override this setting in Google Chrome. If this policy is left not set, this will be enabled but the user will be able to change it.
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: Enable search suggestions
Policy State: Disabled
Policy Value: N/A
Supportive Information
The following resource is also helpful.
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-221576r615937_rule
- STIG-ID|DTBC-0027
- STIG-Legacy|SV-57607
- STIG-Legacy|V-44773
- Vuln-ID|V-221576