Trust Bar Notifications for unsigned application add-ins must be blocked.

From Microsoft Access 2013 STIG

Part of DTOO131 - Trust Bar Notifications

Associated with IA controls: ECSC-1

SV-52769r1_rule Trust Bar Notifications for unsigned application add-ins must be blocked.

Vulnerability discussion

If an application is configured to require all add-ins be signed by a trusted publisher, any unsigned add-ins the application loads will be disabled and the application will display the Trust Bar at the top of the active window. The Trust Bar contains a message informing users about the unsigned add-in. If the Trust Bar were to be allowed while add-ins are required to be signed by a trusted publisher, the user would have the ability to make the determination to allow an unsigned add-in, which increases the risk of allowing malicious code to run on the user's computer and on the network.

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Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Access 2013 -> Application Settings -> Security -> Trust Center "Disable Trust Bar Notification for unsigned application add-ins and block them" to "Enabled".

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