III - Administrative Public
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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PP-MDF-301010
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Samsung Android 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 -
PP-MDF-301020
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Samsung Android must be configured to not allow passwords that include more than two 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 -
PP-MDF-301030
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Samsung Android must be configured to lock the display after 15 minutes (or less) of inactivity.
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 -
PP-MDF-301050
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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 -
PP-MDF-301080
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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 -
PP-MDF-301090
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Samsung Android Work Environment must be configured to enforce an application installation policy by specifying an application allowlist that restricts applications by the following characteristics: names.
The application allowlist, in addition to controlling the installation of applications on the MD, must control user access/execution of all core and preinstalled applications, or the MD must provid...Rule Medium Severity -
PP-MDF-301100
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The Samsung Android Work Environment allowlist must be configured to not include 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 -
PP-MDF-301110
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Samsung Android must be configured to disable all Bluetooth profiles except for HSP (Headset Profile), HFP (HandsFree Profile), SPP (Serial Port Profile), A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), AVRCP (Audio/Video Remote Control Profile), and PBAP (Phone Book Access Profile).
Some Bluetooth profiles provide the capability for remote transfer of sensitive DoD data without encryption or otherwise do not meet DoD IT security policies and therefore should be disabled. SFR ...Rule Low Severity -
PP-MDF-301120
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Samsung Android must be configured to not display the following (Work Environment) notifications when the device is locked: all notifications.
Many mobile devices display notifications on the lock screen so that users can obtain relevant information in a timely manner without having to frequently unlock the phone to determine if there are...Rule Medium Severity -
PP-MDF-301140
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Samsung Android must be configured to enable encryption for data at rest on removable storage media or alternatively, the use of removable storage media must be disabled.
The MOS must ensure the data being written to the mobile device's removable media is protected from unauthorized access. If data at rest is unencrypted, it is vulnerable to disclosure. Even if the ...Rule High Severity -
PP-MDF-301150
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Samsung Android must be configured to disable trust agents. NOTE: This requirement is not applicable (NA) for specific biometric authentication factors included in the product Common Criteria evaluation.
The fingerprint reader can be used to authenticate the user in order to unlock the mobile device. At this time, no mobile device biometric reader has been evaluated as meeting the security requirem...Rule Medium Severity -
PP-MDF-301150
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Samsung Android must be configured to disable Face Recognition. NOTE: This requirement is not applicable (NA) for specific biometric authentication factors included in the product Common Criteria evaluation.
The fingerprint reader can be used to authenticate the user in order to unlock the mobile device. At this time, no mobile device biometric reader has been evaluated as meeting the security requirem...Rule Medium Severity -
PP-MDF-301170
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Samsung Android must be configured to disable developer modes.
Developer modes expose features of the MOS that are not available during standard operation. An adversary may leverage a vulnerability inherent in a developer mode to compromise the confidentiality...Rule Medium Severity -
PP-MDF-301200
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Samsung Android must be configured to display the DoD advisory warning message at startup or each time the user unlocks the device.
The mobile operating system is required to display the DoD-approved system use notification message or banner before granting access to the system that provides privacy and security notices consist...Rule Low Severity -
PP-MDF-301210
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Samsung Android must be configured to disable USB mass storage mode.
USB mass storage mode enables the transfer of data and software from one device to another. This software can include malware. When USB mass storage is enabled on a mobile device, it becomes a pote...Rule Medium Severity -
PP-MDF-301220
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Samsung Android 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 -
PP-MDF-301230
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Samsung Android Work Environment must be configured to not allow backup of all applications, configuration data to remote systems (device management backup). - Disable Backup Services
Backups to remote systems (including cloud backup) can leave data vulnerable to breach on the external systems, which often offer less protection than the MOS. Where the remote backup involves a cl...Rule Medium Severity -
PP-MDF-301230
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Samsung Android Work Environment must be configured to not allow backup of all applications, configuration data to remote systems (account management backup). - Disable Data Sync
Backups to remote systems (including cloud backup) can leave data vulnerable to breach on the external systems, which often offer less protection than the MOS. Where the remote backup involves a cl...Rule Medium Severity -
PP-MDF-301240
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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, an adversary may be able to use that device to perform attacks on other devices or networks without detection. A sophisti...Rule Medium Severity -
PP-MDF-301260
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Samsung Android Work Environment must be configured to disable exceptions to the access control policy that prevents application processes, groups of application processes from accessing all, private data stored by other application processes, groups of application processes. - Disable Move files to personal
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 -
PP-MDF-301260
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Samsung Android Work Environment must be configured to disable exceptions to the access control policy that prevents application processes, groups of application processes from accessing all, private data stored by other application processes, groups of application processes. - Disable Copy and Paste data
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 -
PP-MDF-301260
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Samsung Android Work Environment must be configured to disable exceptions to the access control policy that prevents application processes, groups of application processes from accessing all, private data stored by other application processes, groups of application processes. - Disable Sync Calendar to personal
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 -
PP-MDF-301280
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Samsung Android must be configured to disable multi-user modes (tablets only).
NOTE: This requirement is only applicable to Samsung tablets. Multi-user mode allows multiple users to share a mobile device by providing a degree of separation between user data. To date, no mobi...Rule Medium Severity -
PP-MDF-302490
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Samsung Android must [not accept the certificate] when it cannot establish a connection to determine the validity of a certificate.
Certificate-based security controls are dependent 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 ...Rule Low Severity -
PP-MDF-991000
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The Samsung Android Work Environment 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
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