Details

Allows users to import cookies from another browser into Microsoft Edge.

If this policy is disabled, cookies are not imported on first run.

If this policy is not configured, cookies are imported on first run.

Solution

Set the policy value for ‘Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Allow importing of cookies’ to ‘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: 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-235732r626523_rule
• STIG-ID|EDGE-00-000015
• Vuln-ID|V-235732

Source

• Tenable.com/audits