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1.148 APPL-15-005058

Information

The macOS system must disable Handoff.

GROUP ID: V-268562
RULE ID: SV-268562r1034626

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/23761

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL, CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|AC-3, 800-53|AC-18(1), 800-53|CM-7a., CCI|CCI-000213, CCI|CCI-000381, CCI|CCI-001443, Rule-ID|SV-268562r1034626_rule, STIG-ID|APPL-15-005058, Vuln-ID|V-268562

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: a6b5aa8e3c34acb35ff4d82627a7e450f9274547506b4e7941b2b8b77dc92952