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V-259567

CAT II (Medium)

The macOS system must disable Handoff.

Rule ID

SV-259567r958472_rule

STIG

Apple macOS 14 (Sonoma) Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V2R3

CCIs

CCI-000213

Discussion

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 Content

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').js
EOS

If the result is not "false", this is a finding.

Fix Text

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