Detections
Analytics

1.146 APPL-14-005058

Information

The macOS system must disable Handoff.

GROUP ID: V-259567RULE ID: SV-259567r958472

Handoff must be disabled.

Handoff allows users to continue working on a document or project when the user switches from one Apple device to another. Disabling Handoff prevents data transfers to unauthorized devices.

Satisfies: SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048,SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049,SRG-OS-000300-GPOS-00118

Solution

Configure the macOS system to disable handoff by installing the "com.apple.applicationaccess" configuration profile.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/24070

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL, CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|AC-3, 800-53|AC-18(1), 800-53|CM-7, 800-53|CM-7a., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000213, CCI|CCI-000381, CCI|CCI-001443, Rule-ID|SV-259567r958472_rule, STIG-ID|APPL-14-005058, Vuln-ID|V-259567

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 92c513c42b84cd3218cc1909b8bd6334422725ceb78cbee578076e719dfe1de8