Title

The use of OneDrive for storage must be disabled. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

OneDrive provides access to external services for data storage which must not be used. Enabling this setting will prevent such access from the OneDrive app, as well as from File Explorer.

Check Content

If the following registry value does not exist or is not configured as specified, this is a finding. Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Registry Path: \SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Skydrive\ Value Name: DisableFileSync Value Type: REG_DWORD Value: 1

Fix Text

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Windows Components >> OneDrive >> "Prevent the usage of OneDrive for file storage" to "Enabled".

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-55996r4_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-43243

Group Title: WINCC-000143

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