Samsung Android OS 13 with Knox 3.x COPE Security Technical Implementation Guide
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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Samsung Android's Work profile must be configured to disable exceptions to the access control policy that prevent application processes, and groups of application processes from accessing all data stored by other application processes, and groups of application processes.
App data sharing gives apps the ability to access the data of other apps for enhanced user functionality. However, sharing also poses a significant risk that unauthorized users or apps will obtain ...Rule Medium Severity -
PP-MDF-323350
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PP-MDF-323050
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Samsung Android must be configured to enforce an application installation policy by specifying one or more authorized application repositories, including DOD-approved commercial app repository, management tool server, or mobile application store.
Forcing all applications to be installed from authorized application repositories can prevent unauthorized and malicious applications from being installed and executed on mobile devices. Allowing s...Rule Medium Severity -
PP-MDF-990000
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PP-MDF-321080
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Samsung Android must not accept the certificate when it cannot establish a connection to determine the validity of a certificate.
Certificate-based security controls depend on the ability of the system to verify the validity of a certificate. If the MOS were to accept an invalid certificate, it could take unauthorized actions...Rule Low Severity -
PP-MDF-990000
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Samsung Android device users must complete required training.
The security posture of Samsung devices requires the device user to configure several required policy rules on their device. User Based Enforcement (UBE) is required for these controls. In addition...Rule Medium Severity -
PP-MDF-990000
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Samsung Android must be configured to enable a screen-lock policy that will lock the display after a period of inactivity.
The screen-lock timeout helps protect the device from unauthorized access. Devices without a screen-lock timeout provide an opportunity for adversaries who gain physical access to the mobile device...Rule Medium Severity -
Samsung Android must be configured to enable a screen-lock policy that will lock the display after a period of inactivity - Disable trust agents.
The screen lock timeout must be set to a value that helps protect the device from unauthorized access. Having a too-long timeout would increase the window of opportunity for adversaries who gain ph...Rule Medium Severity -
Samsung Android must be configured to enable authentication of personal hotspot connections to the device using a pre-shared key.
If no authentication is required to establish personal hotspot connections, an adversary may be able to use that device to perform attacks on other devices or networks without detection. A sophisti...Rule Medium Severity -
Samsung Android must be configured to disallow configuration of the device's date and time.
Determining the correct time a particular application event occurred on a system is critical when conducting forensic analysis and investigating system events. Periodically synchronizing internal...Rule Medium Severity -
Samsung Android's Work profile must be configured to not allow installation of applications with the following characteristics: - Back up MD data to non-DOD cloud servers (including user and application access to cloud backup services); - Transmit MD diagnostic data to non-DOD servers; - Voice assistant application if available when MD is locked; - Voice dialing application if available when MD is locked; - Allows synchronization of data or applications between devices associated with user; and - Allows unencrypted (or encrypted but not FIPS 140-2 validated) data sharing with other MDs or printers.
Requiring all authorized applications to be in an application allowlist prevents the execution of any applications (e.g., unauthorized, malicious) that are not part of the allowlist. Failure to con...Rule Medium Severity -
Samsung Android must be configured to not display the following (Work Environment) notifications when the device is locked: All notifications.
Many mobile devices display notifications on the lock screen so that users can obtain relevant information in a timely manner without having to frequently unlock the phone to determine if there are...Rule Medium Severity -
Samsung Android's Work profile must be configured to not allow backup of all applications, configuration data to remote systems. - Disable Data Sync Framework.
Backups to remote systems (including cloud backup) can leave data vulnerable to breach on the external systems, which often offer less protection than the MOS. Where the remote backup involves a cl...Rule Medium Severity -
Samsung Android's Work profile must allow only the Administrator (management tool) to perform the following management function: Install/remove DOD root and intermediate PKI certificates.
DOD root and intermediate PKI certificates are used to verify the authenticity of PKI certificates of users and web services. If the user is allowed to remove root and intermediate certificates, th...Rule Medium Severity -
Samsung Android's Work profile must be configured to enable Common Criteria (CC) mode.
The CC Mode feature is a superset of other features and behavioral changes that are mandatory MDFPP requirements. If CC mode is not implemented the device will not be operating in the NIAP-certifie...Rule Low Severity -
The Samsung Android device must have the latest available Samsung Android operating system (OS) installed.
Required security features are not available in earlier OS versions. In addition, earlier versions may have known vulnerabilities. SFR ID: FMT_MOF_EXT.1.2 #47Rule High Severity
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