| Risk | Mitigation | |------|-------------| | Users trusting malicious sites | Warning message before adding; admin can disable user additions. | | Legacy intranet abuses relaxed security | Log telemetry for admin review; option to audit trust zone activity. | | Conflicts with SmartScreen | SmartScreen remains active; trusted status doesn’t bypass phishing/malware checks. |

October 26, 2023 Subject: Security Configuration & Enterprise Policy Management Audience: IT Administrators, Security Architects, Compliance Officers

Administrators can configure a list of URLs and assign them numerical values representing zones (Where 2 = Trusted Sites).

Imagine you're browsing the internet, and you come across a website that you frequently visit, such as your online banking website or a favorite shopping site. You enter the website's URL, and Microsoft Edge immediately recognizes it as a trusted site. But what exactly does it mean for a site to be trusted, and how does Edge determine which sites are trustworthy?

However, for enterprise compatibility, Microsoft Edge creates a bridge. It respects the Windows Legacy Security Zones but primarily utilizes them to determine rendering behaviors for . In the modern standard Edge mode, the security settings of the "Trusted Sites" zone are largely ignored by the Edge rendering engine, as Edge employs strict sandboxing and modern security standards (Strict Transport Security, Sandbox, Site Isolation) regardless of the zone.