AIOS-17-710700 - Apple iOS/iPadOS 17 must implement the management setting: Encrypt backups/Encrypt local backup.

Information

If iCloud backups are not encrypted, this could lead to the unauthorized disclosure of DOD sensitive information if non-DOD personnel are able to access that machine. Forcing the backup to be encrypted greatly mitigates the risk of compromising sensitive data. Work data iCloud backup and USB connections to computers are not authorized, but this control provides defense-in-depth for cases in which a user violates policy either intentionally or inadvertently.

SFR ID: FMT_SMF_EXT.1.1 #47

Solution

Install a configuration profile to force encrypted backups to iCloud.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Apple_iOS-iPadOS_17_BYOAD_Y24M02_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., 800-53|CM-7a., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, CCI|CCI-000381, Rule-ID|SV-259779r943662_rule, STIG-ID|AIOS-17-710700, Vuln-ID|V-259779

Plugin: MDM

Control ID: 1304f141a44753c00b71bc8021b65e523ebfdc08d5afb68a33066b3696b031cc