AIOS-17-012600 - Apple iOS/iPadOS 17 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_17_V2R1_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL, CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|AC-20(2), 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000097, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-258360r959010_rule, STIG-ID|AIOS-17-012600, Vuln-ID|V-258360

Plugin: MDM

Control ID: a3e1240db7bbb369907e74a05b01e05ab6ae684b6bc46851b600b19efe2ff5dd