MACRO-ML2 Configure Microsoft Office Macro Settings (ML2)
All ML1 requirements plus: Microsoft Office macros are blocked from making Win32 API calls.
8
artefacts
2
held by a system
3
at each review
moderate
to go live
Endpoint management (MDM / EDR)
where the evidence lives
teal = a system already holds it · olive = produced at each review
system holds itEvidence a system already holds
- Intune or GPO export showing ASR rule enforcement across all in-scope endpoints · Endpoint management (MDM / EDR)
- ASR event log evidence (Defender Operational log Event ID 1121 / 1122) showing blocks and audit entries · SIEM / log platform
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
- List of any approved exceptions with business justification, scope and review date · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Quarterly review record of ASR rule status across the fleet · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Evidence that ASR data is forwarded to SIEM for analysis · SIEM / log platform
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Microsoft Defender Attack Surface Reduction rule '92E97FA1-2EDF-4476-BDD6-9DD0B4DDDC7B' (Block Win32 API calls from Office macros) set to Block mode · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Coverage report cross-referencing endpoint inventory to ASR enforcement state · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Test artefact: a macro that calls a Win32 API is blocked and logged · Policy repository / GRC workspace
First move
Start with the 2 of 8 artefacts that already live in a system (Endpoint management (MDM / EDR)); keep the periodic reviews but log each one as a dated record with a named reviewer.
Common gaps auditors find
- ASR rule deployed in Audit mode only
- Exception applied org-wide instead of scoped to specific users or hosts
- Coverage gaps on devices not enrolled in Intune or domain-joined
- Defender disabled or replaced by third-party EDR that does not implement equivalent rule
- ASR logs not forwarded to SIEM for analysis
- Macros relying on Win32 calls migrated to legitimate alternatives without documentation
Do this for your whole sheet
Paste the rows you run your controls from and get this mapping for every control at once, with the periodic-review ones flagged and a first move per row. No account for the first run.
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