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AIOS-14-011900 - Apple iOS must implement the management setting: not allow a user to remove Apple iOS configuration profiles that enforce DoD security requirements.

Information

Configuration profiles define security policies on Apple iOS devices. If a user is able to remove a configuration profile, the user can then change the configuration that had been enforced by that policy. Relaxing security policies may introduce vulnerabilities that the profiles had mitigated. Configuring a profile to never be removed mitigates this risk.

SFR ID: FMT_SMF_EXT.1.1 #47

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Solution

Configure the Apple iOS configuration profile such that it can never be removed.

The procedure for implementing this control will vary depending on the MDM/EMM used by the mobile service provider.

When using Apple Configurator, under 'General Security', configure 'Security' to 'Never' and 'Automatically Remove Profile' to 'Never'.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Apple_iOS_iPadOS_14_V1R3_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-228780r561031_rule, STIG-ID|AIOS-14-011900, Vuln-ID|V-228780

Plugin: MDM

Control ID: 07570d3b9ef6fe5bfa4bb974c5a3cc5f637370793dd158cfe3f326ebc104fdb9