Samsung Android OS 14 with Knox 3.x COPE Security Technical Implementation Guide
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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The Samsung Android device must be configured to perform the following management function: Disable Phone Hub.
It may be possible to transfer work profile data on a DOD Android device to an unauthorized Chromebook if the user has the same Google Account set up on the Chromebook. This may result in the expos...Rule Low Severity -
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Samsung Android must be configured to not allow passwords that include more than four repeating or sequential characters.
Password strength is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting guessing and brute force attacks. Passwords that contain repeating or sequential characters are significantly easier t...Rule Medium Severity -
Samsung Android must be configured to not allow more than 10 consecutive failed authentication attempts.
The more attempts an adversary has to guess a password, the more likely the adversary will enter the correct password and gain access to resources on the device. Setting a limit on the number of at...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 (Wi-Fi and Bluetooth), an adversary may be able to use that device to perform attacks on other devices or networks without...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's Work profile must be configured to prevent users from adding personal email accounts to the work email app.
If the user is able to add a personal email account (POP3, IMAP, EAS) to the work email app, it could be used to forward sensitive DOD data to unauthorized recipients. Restricting email account add...Rule Medium Severity -
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 -
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 -
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 -
The Samsung Android device work profile must be configured to disable automatic completion of work space internet browser text input.
The autofill functionality in the web browser allows the user to complete a form that contains sensitive information, such as personally identifiable information (PII), without previous knowledge o...Rule Medium Severity -
The Samsung Android device must be configured to disable the use of third-party keyboards.
Many third-party keyboard applications are known to contain malware. SFR ID: FMT_SMF_EXT.1.1 #47Rule Low Severity -
The Samsung Android device must be configured to disable all data signaling over [assignment: list of externally accessible hardware ports (for example, USB)].
If a user is able to configure the security setting, the user could inadvertently or maliciously set it to a value that poses unacceptable risk to DOD information systems. An adversary could exploi...Rule Medium Severity -
Samsung Android must be configured to disable ad hoc wireless client-to-client connection capability.
Ad hoc wireless client-to-client connections allow mobile devices to communicate with each other directly, circumventing network security policies and making the traffic invisible. This could allow...Rule Medium Severity
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