Details
This policy setting controls whether a user may utilized guest profiles in Microsoft Edge.
The recommended state for this setting is Disabled.
Rationale:
In a guest profile, the browser doesn’t import browsing data from existing profiles, and it deletes browsing data when all guest profiles are closed.
Deleting browser data will delete information that may be important for a computer investigation and investigators such as Computer Forensics Analysts may not be able to retrieve pertinent information to the investigation.
Impact:
Users will not be able to initiate Guest mode for Microsoft Edge.
Solution
To establish the recommended configuration via GP, set the following UI path to Disabled
Computer ConfigurationPoliciesAdministrative TemplatesMicrosoft EdgeEnable guest mode
Note: This Group Policy path may not exist by default. It is provided by the Group Policy template MSEdge.admx/adml that can be downloaded from Microsoft here.
Default Value:
Enabled.
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.