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Apple iOS/iPadOS 17 must not allow backup to remote systems (iCloud document and data synchronization).

An XCCDF Rule

Description

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 exploit vulnerabilities created by the weaker configuration to compromise DOD sensitive information. SFR ID: FMT_MOF_EXT.1.2 #40

ID
SV-259187r958524_rule
Version
AIOS-17-003200
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

Install a configuration profile to disable iCloud documents and data.

This requirement will become "Supervised only" in a future iOS/iPadOS release.