The LG Android 5.0 platform must be configured to implement the management setting: disable LG Backup.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-58801	LGA5-20-000302	SV-73231r1_rule		Medium

Description
A cloud backup feature may gather a user's information, such as PII, or sensitive documents. With this feature enabled, sensitive information will be backed up to the manufacturer's servers and database. This data is stored at a location that has unauthorized employees accessing this data. This data is stored on a server that has a location unknown to the DoD. Disabling this feature mitigates the risk of a backup feature that stores sensitive data on a server that has the potential to be located in a country other than the United States. SFR ID: FIA_AFL_EXT.1.2

Description

A cloud backup feature may gather a user's information, such as PII, or sensitive documents. With this feature enabled, sensitive information will be backed up to the manufacturer's servers and database. This data is stored at a location that has unauthorized employees accessing this data. This data is stored on a server that has a location unknown to the DoD. Disabling this feature mitigates the risk of a backup feature that stores sensitive data on a server that has the potential to be located in a country other than the United States. SFR ID: FIA_AFL_EXT.1.2

STIG	Date
LG Android 5.x Interim Security Configuration Guide	2015-09-22

Details

Check Text ( C-59645r2_chk )
This validation procedure is performed on both the MDM Administration Console and the LG Android device. Check whether the appropriate setting is configured on the MDM Administration Console: 1. Ask the MDM administrator to display the "Allow LG Backup" settings in the MDM console. 2. Verify the setting is disabled. On the LG Android device: 1. Unlock the device 2. Navigate to the Backup & reset: Settings >> Backup & reset 3. Verify "Back up my data" is disabled and cannot be enabled. If the "Allow LG Backup" setting is enabled, or if the user is able to enable the setting on the device, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-59645r2_chk )

This validation procedure is performed on both the MDM Administration Console and the LG Android device.

Check whether the appropriate setting is configured on the MDM Administration Console:
1. Ask the MDM administrator to display the "Allow LG Backup" settings in the MDM console.
2. Verify the setting is disabled.

On the LG Android device:
1. Unlock the device
2. Navigate to the Backup & reset: Settings >> Backup & reset
3. Verify "Back up my data" is disabled and cannot be enabled.

If the "Allow LG Backup" setting is enabled, or if the user is able to enable the setting on the device, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-64185r1_fix)
Configure the mobile device to disable LGBackup. On the MDM Administration Console, disable the "Allow LG Backup" setting.