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2.1.1.5 Audit Freeform Sync to iCloud

Warning! Audit Deprecated

This audit has been deprecated and will be removed in a future update.

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Information

Starting with macOS 13.1 Apple has made FreeForm, a collaboration tool, available for macOS, iOS and iPadOS. This application allows for extensive whiteboard creation and sharing using iCloud. Organizations may want to audit the use of Freeform iCloud sharing of internally created boards.

Internally created whiteboards may not be authorized to share to external contacts through iCloud.

Solution

Profile Method:

Create or edit a configuration profile with the following information:

 - The PayloadType string is com.apple.applicationaccess
 - The key to include is allowCloudFreeform
 - The key must be set to <<true/false>/>

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/23040

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL, CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, SYSTEM AND SERVICES ACQUISITION

References: 800-53|AC-20(1), 800-53|AC-20(2), 800-53|CM-2, 800-53|CM-6, 800-53|CM-7, 800-53|CM-7(1), 800-53|CM-9, 800-53|SA-3, 800-53|SA-8, 800-53|SA-10, CSCv7|5.1

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 113b1766c8133d398c17d1956a0e5a49d0ff8fb4abfc5e6f9264676089bed716