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Cameras must be disabled or covered when not in use.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission objectives. These unnecessary capabilities or services are often overlooked and therefore may remain unsecured. They increase the risk to the platform by providing additional attack vectors. Failing to disconnect from collaborative computing devices (i.e., cameras) can result in subsequent compromises of organizational information. Providing easy methods to physically disconnect from such devices after a collaborative computing session helps to ensure participants actually carry out the disconnect activity without having to go through complex and tedious procedures; it also ensures that microphones built into the cameras are also disabled.

ID
SV-269349r1050232_rule
Version
ALMA-09-030490
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

To configure the system to prevent the uvcvideo kernel module from being loaded, run the following command:

$ cat << EOF | tee /etc/modprobe.d/uvcvideo.conf 
install uvcvideo /bin/false
blacklist uvcvideo
EOF