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V-277172

CAT II (Medium)

The macOS system must disable Handoff.

Rule ID

SV-277172r1148968_rule

STIG

Apple macOS 26 (Tahoe) Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R2

CCIs

CCI-000213 CCI-000381 CCI-001443

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.