STIG V-268562 | The macOS system must disable Handoff

macOS 15 - Sequoia

The macOS system must disable Handoff

STIG ID: APPL-15-005058 | SRG: SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048 | Severity: Medium | CCI: CCI-000213,CCI-000381,CCI-001443 | Vulnerability ID: V-268562

Description

Handoff must be disabled.Handoff allows users to continue working on a document or project when the user switches from one Apple device to another. Disabling Handoff prevents data transfers to unauthorized devices.Satisfies: SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048, SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049, SRG-OS-000300-GPOS-00118

Check

C-268562r1034626_chk

Verify the macOS system is configured to disable Handoff with the following command:/usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript << EOS$.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.applicationaccess')\.objectForKey('allowActivityContinuation').jsEOSIf the result is not "false", this is a finding.

Fix

F-72493r1034625_fix

Configure the macOS system to disable Handoff by installing the "com.apple.applicationaccess" configuration profile.