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Monterey - Disable Password Sharing

Information

Password Sharing _MUST_ be disabled.

The default behavior of macOS is to allow users to share a password over Airdrop between other macOS and iOS devices. This feature _MUST_ be disabled to prevent passwords from being shared.

Solution

This is implemented by a Configuration Profile.

mobileconfig profile info:

com.apple.applicationaccess:
 allowPasswordSharing:
 False

See Also

https://github.com/usnistgov/macos_security

Item Details

Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

References: 800-53|IA-5, CCE|CCE-90969-7

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 3d807ec1910857cdb06a05dc52ff7fe860e28770a6c17069e2dc3a95b732c518