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V-235739

CAT II (Medium)

Importing of search engine settings must be disabled.

Rule ID

SV-235739r960963_rule

STIG

Microsoft Edge Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V2R5

CCIs

CCI-000381

Discussion

Allows users to import search engine settings from another browser into Microsoft Edge. If this policy is enabled, the option to import search engine settings is automatically selected. If this policy is disabled, search engine settings are not imported at first run, and users cannot import them manually.

Check Content

The policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Allow importing of search engine settings" must be set to "disabled".

Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge

If the value for "ImportSearchEngine" is not set to "REG_DWORD = 0", this is a finding.

Fix Text

Set the policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Allow importing of search engine settings" to "disabled".