Title

Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program is disabled. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

This check verifies that the Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program is disabled so information is not passed to the vendor.

Check Content

If the following registry value doesn’t exist or is not configured as specified, this is a finding: Registry Hive: HKEY_Local_Machine Subkey: \Software\Policies\Microsoft\SQMClient\Windows Value Name: CEIPEnable Type: REG_DWORD Value: 0

Fix Text

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System -> Internet Communication Management -> Internet Communication Settings -> “Turn off Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program” to “Enabled”.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-16976r1_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-16020

Group Title: Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program

Expert Comments

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