Title

Access to public application stores must be disabled. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Strong configuration management of all applications installed on DoD device is required to ensure the security baseline of the system is maintained. Otherwise, sensitive DoD data could be compromised.

Check Content

This is a Good security policy set check. Recommend all checks related to Good security policy set rules be reviewed using the following procedure. 1. Make a list of all Good security policy sets assigned to smartphone user accounts on the Good server using the following procedure: -Have the SA identify any non STIG-compliant policy sets and STIG-compliant policy sets on the server. --Log into the Good Mobile Control console. --Click on the Policies tab. --View all policy set on the server. -Note: STIG-compliant policy sets should be identified as such in the policy title, for example, STIG_Android_Policy_Set. It is recommended all non STIG-compliant policy sets be deleted. 2. Select each policy set users are assigned to, and in turn, verify the required settings are in the policy set. Note: If there is a finding, note the name of the non STIG-compliant policy set in the Findings Details section in VMS/Component Provided Tracking Database. --------------------- -Launch the Good Mobile Control Web console and click on the Policies tab. -Select the policy set for the Android devices and click on Android Configuration on the left side. When reviewing the STIG Policy Set, check the following: -Click the Restrictions tab. -Verify “Allow installing apps from online store” is unchecked. Mark as a finding if configuration is not set as required.

Fix Text

Disable access to public media stores.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-35030r1_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-25012

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Expert Comments

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