Details

This setting specifies whether the user can open pages in InPrivate mode in Microsoft Edge.

If this policy is not configured or set it to ‘Enabled’, users can open pages in InPrivate mode.

Set this policy to ‘Disabled’ to stop users from using InPrivate mode.

Set this policy to ‘Forced’ to always use InPrivate mode.

Policy options mapping:

– Enabled (0) = InPrivate mode available

– Disabled (1) = InPrivate mode disabled

– Forced (2) = InPrivate mode forced

Solution

Set the policy value for ‘Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Configure InPrivate mode availability’ to ‘enabled’ and select ‘InPrivate mode disabled’.

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: Audit and Accountability.This control applies to the following type of system Windows.

References

• 800-53|AU-10
• CAT|II
• CCI|CCI-000166
• Rule-ID|SV-235723r626523_rule
• STIG-ID|EDGE-00-000005
• Vuln-ID|V-235723

Source

• Tenable.com/audits