1.9 Ensure 'Developer Options' is set to 'Disabled'

Information

Disable Developer Options.
The recommended state for this setting is: Disabled.

Rationale:

Enabling Developer Options allows a user to drastically alter certain very advanced settings on the device. This can severely affect the way device functions and exposes greater and developmental features to the user. This also exposes the device to respond to features such as USB debugging (when enabled) and other such features that could be exploited to get malicious access to the device sub-system. Hence, the Developer Options should be disabled.

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

Solution

Follow the below steps to disable Developer Options:

Tap Settings Gear Icon.
Tap System.
Tap Advanced.
Tap Developer options.
Toggle it to OFF position.

Impact:

None

Default Value:

By default, Developer options is disabled.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/2466

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-7b., CSCv6|5, CSCv6|9.1

Plugin: MDM

Control ID: ae311c793a08f658990b6ff5baf3dfc5f82a53318dfd39088e39cd91dc0539f7