Online content options must be configured for offline content availability.

From Microsoft Office System 2013 STIG

Part of DTOO345 - Online content options

Associated with: CCI-000381

SV-52758r2_rule Online content options must be configured for offline content availability.

Vulnerability discussion

The Office 2013 Help system automatically searches MicrosoftOffice.com for content when a computer is connected to the Internet. Users can change this default by clearing the Search Microsoft Office.com for Help content when I'm connected to the Internet check box in the Privacy Options section of the Trust Center. If an organization has policies that govern the use of external resources such as Office.com, allowing the Help system to download content might cause users to violate these policies.

Check content

Verify the policy value for User Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Microsoft Office 2013 >> Tools >> Options >> General >> Service Options... >> Online Content "Online content options" is set to "Enabled: Do not allow Office to connect to the internet". Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following hive: HKEY_Users For every users profile hive under HKEY_Users, navigate to the following key: \Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\15.0\common\internet If the value “UseOnlineContent” is REG_DWORD = 0 for every user profile hive, this is not a finding.

Fix text

Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2013 -> Tools | Options | General | Service Options... -> Online Content "Online content options" to "Enabled: Do not allow Office to connect to the internet".

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