Details

Allows users to import saved passwords from another browser into Microsoft Edge.

If this policy is enabled, the option to manually import saved passwords is automatically selected.

If this policy is disabled, saved passwords are not imported on first run, and users cannot import them manually.

Solution

Set the policy value for ‘Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Allow importing of saved passwords’ 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-235738r626523_rule
• STIG-ID|EDGE-00-000021
• Vuln-ID|V-235738

Source

• Tenable.com/audits