AIOS-26-016100 - Apple iOS/iPadOS 26 must disable the use voice assistant (Siri) unless required to meet Section 508 compliance requirements - Siri unless required to meet Section 508 compliance requirements.

Information

The use of voice assistants could expose sensitive DOD data to cloud-based servers during the processing of assistant requests.

SFR ID: FMT_MOF_EXT.1.2 #47

NOTE: Nessus has not performed this check. Please review the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

Install a configuration profile to disable 'Allow Siri', unless required to meet Section 508 compliance requirements.

Configuration Profile Key: allowAssistant

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Apple_iOS-iPadOS_26_V1R2_STIG.zip