AIOS-15-012600 - Apple iOS/iPadOS 15 must implement the management setting: disable paired Apple Watch.

Information

Authorizing Official (AO) approval is required before an Apple Watch (DoD-owned or personally owned) can be paired with a DoD-owned iPhone to ensure the AO has evaluated the risk in having sensitive DoD data transferred to and stored on an Apple Watch in their operational environment.

SFR ID: FMT_SMF_EXT.1.1 #47

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

Solution

If the AO has not approved the use of Apple Watch with DoD-owned iPhones, install a configuration profile to disable the Apple Watch control in the management tool. This a supervised-only control.

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-250968r801995_rule, STIG-ID|AIOS-15-012600, Vuln-ID|V-250968

Plugin: MDM

Control ID: 5a71e66e52ceed9fc2ebe5fb90d7a64c3621f37b33953d26de02f66f28e64ec6