Policy

Prevent certificate error overrides

Web security certificates are used to ensure a site your users go to is legitimate, and in some circumstances encrypts the data. With this policy, you can specify whether to prevent users from bypassing the security warning to sites that have SSL errors. If enabled, overriding certificate errors are not allowed. If disabled or not configured, overriding certificate errors are allowed.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Windows
Category Windows Components / Microsoft Edge
Policy ID b6b8ef19824d
Internal name PreventCertErrorOverrides

Registry

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HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\MicrosoftEdge\Internet Settings\PreventCertErrorOverrides (enabled) = 1
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\MicrosoftEdge\Internet Settings\PreventCertErrorOverrides (disabled) = 0
HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\MicrosoftEdge\Internet Settings\PreventCertErrorOverrides (enabled) = 1
HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\MicrosoftEdge\Internet Settings\PreventCertErrorOverrides (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

Web security certificates are used to ensure a site your users go to is legitimate, and in some circumstances encrypts the data. With this policy, you can specify whether to prevent users from bypassing the security warning to sites that have SSL errors. If enabled, overriding certificate errors are not allowed. If disabled or not configured, overriding certificate errors are allowed.

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