Microsoft Edge STIG Version Comparison

There are 3 differences between versions v1 r6 (Oct. 26, 2022) (the "left" version) and v1 r8 (April 24, 2024) (the "right" version).

Check EDGE-00-000065 was added to the benchmark in the "right" version.

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Title

Visual Search must be disabled.

Check Content

Verify the policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Visual search enabled" is set to "Disabled". Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge If the value for "VisualSearchEnabled" is not set to "REG_DWORD = 0", this is a finding.

Discussion

Visual Search allows for quick exploration of more related content about entities in an image. If this policy is enabled or not configured, Visual Search will be enabled via image hover, context menu, and search in Sidebar. If this policy is disabled, Visual Search will be disabled and more information about images will not be available via hover, context menu, and search in Sidebar.

Fix

Set the policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Visual search enabled" to "Disabled".