The Implementer of this technology has the responsibility to ensure the version deployed is 508-compliant. This technology has not been assessed by the Section 508 Office. Prior to use of this technology, users should check with their supervisor, Information Security Officer (ISO), Facility Chief Information Officer (CIO), or local Office of Information and Technology (OI&T) representative to ensure that all actions are consistent with current VA policies and procedures prior to implementation. Users must ensure sensitive data is properly protected in compliance with all VA regulations. Users must ensure their use of this technology/standard is consistent with VA policies and standards, including, but not limited to, VA Handbooks 61 VA Directives 6004, 6513, and 6517 and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) standards, including Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS). Visual Basic for Applications enables building user-defined functions (UDFs), automating processes, accessing Windows application programming interface (API), and other low-level functionality through dynamic-link libraries (DLLs). Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) for Microsoft Office Suite of Products is an implementation of Microsoft`s event-driven programming language, Visual Basic 6, and its associated integrated development environment, which are built into most Microsoft Office applications. More information on the proper use of the TRM can be found on the VBScript has been disabled by default in Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 for customers who installed the July Patch Tuesday cumulative updates.Technologies must be operated and maintained in accordance with Federal and Department security and The measure was part of a Microsoft initiative that started back in 2017 with the end goal of disabling VBScript in Internet Explorer for more secure user experience. Microsoft also announced at the time that it will disable VBScript by default in Internet Explorer for Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 on August 13, 2019. Two days later, Microsoft rolled out updates to fix the issue for customers using Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2, and Windows 10 version 1709, with fixes for other affected platforms released during late-August. Last year, with the release of the August 2019 Patch Tuesday updates, Microsoft introduced another bug that could have causes Visual Basic 6 apps, VBA macros, and VBScript scripts to stop responding and to display "invalid procedure call" errors. This is not the first time Patch Tuesday security updates have caused issues for IT admins and users who use VBA solutions. Allow VBA loading from untrusted intranet locations ( Microsoft) Previous Patch Tuesday VBA issues
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