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  4. Ensure ‘Disable proceeding from the Safe Browsing warning page’ is set to ‘Enabled’

Ensure ‘Disable proceeding from the Safe Browsing warning page’ is set to ‘Enabled’

Details

Google provides the Safe Browsing service. It shows a warning page when users navigate to sites that are flagged as potentially malicious.

Disabled (0): Users can choose to proceed to the flagged site after the warning appears.

The recommended state for this setting is: Enabled (1)

Rationale:

Malicious web pages are widely spread in the internet and pose the most significant threat to the user today. Users shall be prevented from navigating to potentially malicious web content.

Impact:

Enabling this setting prevents users from proceeding anyway from the warning page to the malicious site. In some cases legitimate sites could be blocked and users would be prevented from accessing.

Solution

To establish the recommended configuration via Group Policy, set the following UI path to Enabled:

Computer ConfigurationPolicesAdministrative TemplatesGoogleGoogle ChromeDisable proceeding from the Safe Browsing warning page

Default Value:

Unset (Same as Disabled, but user can change)

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

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Updated on July 16, 2022
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