Apple iOS/iPadOS 17 Security Technical Implementation Guide
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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Apple iOS/iPadOS 17 must be configured to enforce a minimum password length of six characters.
Password strength is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting guessing and brute force attacks. The ability to crack a password is a function of how many attempts an adversary is p...Rule Medium Severity -
Apple iOS/iPadOS 17 must be configured to enforce an application installation policy by specifying one or more authorized application repositories, including [selection: DOD-approved commercial app repository, MDM server, 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 -
Apple iOS/iPadOS 17 must not include applications with the following characteristics: access to Siri when the device is locked.
Requiring all authorized applications to be in an application allow list prevents the execution of any applications (e.g., unauthorized, malicious) that are not part of the allow list. Failure to c...Rule Medium Severity -
Apple iOS/iPadOS 17 must be configured to not allow backup of [all applications, configuration data] to locally connected systems.
Data on mobile devices is protected by numerous mechanisms, including user authentication, access control, and cryptography. When the data is backed up to an external system (either locally connect...Rule Medium Severity -
Apple iOS/iPadOS 17 must be configured to [selection: wipe protected data, wipe sensitive data] upon unenrollment from MDM.
When a mobile device is no longer going to be managed by MDM technologies, its protected/sensitive data must be sanitized because it will no longer be protected by the MDM software, putting it at m...Rule Medium Severity -
Apple iOS/iPadOS 17 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 -
Apple iOS/iPadOS 17 must require a valid password be successfully entered before the mobile device data is unencrypted.
Passwords provide a form of access control that prevents unauthorized individuals from accessing computing resources and sensitive data. Passwords may also be a source of entropy for generation of ...Rule High Severity -
Apple iOS/iPadOS 17 must implement the management setting: not allow use of Handoff.
Handoff permits a user of an iPhone and iPad to transition user activities from one device to another. Handoff passes sufficient information between the devices to describe the activity, but app da...Rule Low Severity -
Apple iOS/iPadOS 17 must implement the management setting: not allow use of iPhone widgets on Mac.
iPhone widgets on Mac use Handoff. Handoff permits a user of an iPhone and iPad to transition user activities from one device to another. Handoff passes sufficient information between the devices t...Rule Low Severity -
Apple iOS/iPadOS 17 must implement the management setting: require passcode for incoming Airplay connection requests.
When an incoming AirPlay request is allowed without a password, it may mistakenly associate the iPhone and iPad with an AirPlay-enabled device other than the one intended (i.e., by choosing the wro...Rule Low Severity
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