AIOS-15-011700 - Apple iOS/iPadOS 15 must implement the management setting: not share location data through iCloud.

Information

Sharing of location data is an operational security (OPSEC) risk because it potentially allows an adversary to determine a DoD user's location, movements, and patterns in those movements over time. An adversary could use this information to target the user or gather intelligence on the user's likely activities. Using commercial cloud services to store and handle location data could leave the data vulnerable to breach, particularly by sophisticated adversaries. Disabling the use of such services mitigates this risk.

SFR ID: FMT_SMF_EXT.1.1 #47

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Solution

The user must configure Apple iOS/iPadOS to disable location sharing through iCloud.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Apple_iOS-iPadOS_15_V1R4_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-250960r801971_rule, STIG-ID|AIOS-15-011700, Vuln-ID|V-250960

Plugin: MDM

Control ID: 20f93b7ecb2df5028623683869515474c871e560be09aa4646d9a62f2c41de71