STIGUI
V-277172CAT II — Medium severitySV-277172r1268226_rule

The macOS system must disable Handoff.

Rule version APPL-26-005058 · STIG v1 · 2026-09-01

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

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

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

Identifiers

Group ID
V-277172
Group title
SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048
Rule ID
SV-277172r1268226_rule
Check ID
C-81327r1148966_chk
Fix ID
F-81232r1148967_fix