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Document metadata for rights managed Office Open XML files must be protected.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-223285O365-CO-000002SV-223285r1067544_ruleCCI-002476high
Description
This policy setting determines whether metadata is encrypted in Office Open XML files that are protected by Information Rights Management (IRM). If this policy setting is enabled, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word encrypt metadata stored in rights-managed Office Open XML files and override any configuration changes on users' computers. If this policy setting is enabled, Office 2016 applications cannot encrypt metadata in rights-managed Office Open XML files, which can reduce security. If this policy setting is not configured when Information Rights Management (IRM) is used to restrict access to an Office Open XML document, any metadata associated with the document is not encrypted.
STIGDate
Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus Security Technical Implementation Guide2026-02-12

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 4 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (4) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

BCD-11.4Cryptographic Protection
0.50
CRY-04Transmission Integrity
0.50
CRY-05Encrypting Data At Rest
0.50
DCH-07.2Encrypting Data In Storage Media
0.50
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (18) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

AC-17(2)Protection of Confidentiality and Integrity Using Encryption
1.00
AC-3Access Enforcement
1.00
AU-1Policy and Procedures
1.00
CM-5(6)Limit Library Privileges
1.00
CM-6Configuration Settings
1.00
IA-5(1)Password-based Authentication
1.00
IA-7Cryptographic Module Authentication
1.00
SC-12(2)Symmetric Keys
1.00
SC-12(3)Asymmetric Keys
1.00
SC-13Cryptographic Protection
1.00

+8 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

CCI1 mapping
CCI-002476
1.00
NIST CSF 2.00 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 4 hops (2) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

PR.DS-01
0.50
PR.DS-02
0.50

Details

Check Text (C-223285r1067544_chk)

Verify the policy value for User Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Microsoft Office 2016 >> Security Settings "Protect document metadata for rights managed Office Open XML Files" is set to "Enabled". Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\16.0\common\security If the value DRMEncryptProperty is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Fix Text (F-24946r442075_fix)

Set the policy value for User Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Microsoft Office 2016 >> Security Settings "Protect document metadata for rights managed Office Open XML Files" to "Enabled".