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The mobile operating system must allow only the Administrator (MDM) to perform the following management function: Enable/disable location services.

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 #22

ID
SV-255185r870803_rule
Version
MSFT-11-005200
Severity
Low
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

Configure the Microsoft Android 11 device to enable/disable location services.

On the EMM console:
1. Open "Set user restrictions on parent".
2. Toggle "Disallow config location" to "On".
3. Toggle "Disallow share location" to "On".