AIOS-13-011700 - Apple iOS/iPadOS must implement the management setting: Treat Airdrop as an unmanaged destination.

Information

An Airdrop feature is a way to send contact information or photos to other users with this same feature enabled. This feature enables a possible attack vector for adversaries to exploit. Once the attacker has gained access to the information broadcast by this feature, he/she may distribute this sensitive information very quickly and without DoD's control or awareness. By disabling this feature, the risk of mass data exfiltration will be mitigated.

Note: If the site uses Apple's optional Device Enrollment Program (DEP), this control is available as a supervised MDM control.

SFR ID: FMT_SMF_EXT.1.1 #47

Solution

Install a configuration profile to treat AirDrop as an unmanaged destination.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Apple_iOS_iPadOS_13_V1R1_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL, CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|AC-19, 800-53|CM-7, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, CCI|CCI-002008, CSCv6|9.1, Rule-ID|SV-106589r1_rule, STIG-ID|AIOS-13-011700, Vuln-ID|V-97485

Plugin: MDM

Control ID: 3b6b6e04aba7fe83cf42fb790bfb7e2ce0bf319ba60f0fb02a16a567c1d17fd9