Motorola Android Pie must be configured to disallow outgoing beam.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-230140	MOTO-09-010400	SV-230140r569707_rule		Medium

Description
Outgoing beam allows transfer of data through near field communication (NFC) and Bluetooth by touching two unlocked devices together. If it were enabled, sensitive DoD data could be transmitted. Because of the security risks of sharing sensitive DoD data, users must not be able to allow outgoing beam. SFR ID: FMT_MOF_EXT.1.2 #47

STIG	Date
Motorola Android 9.x COBO Security Technical Implementation Guide	2020-10-16

Details

Check Text ( C-32455r538416_chk )
Review the Motorola Android Pie device configuration settings to confirm that outgoing beam is disallowed. This procedure is performed on both the MDM Administration console and the Motorola Android Pie device. On the MDM console, in the Android user restrictions section, verify that "Disallow outgoing beam" is set to "On". On the Android Pie device: 1. Open Settings. 2. Tap "Connected devices". 3. Tap "Connection preferences". 4. Verify that "Android Beam" is off and grayed out. If on the MDM console "Disallow outgoing beam" is not set to "On", or on the Motorola Android Pie device "Android Beam" is not off and grayed out, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-32455r538416_chk )

Review the Motorola Android Pie device configuration settings to confirm that outgoing beam is disallowed.

This procedure is performed on both the MDM Administration console and the Motorola Android Pie device.

On the MDM console, in the Android user restrictions section, verify that "Disallow outgoing beam" is set to "On".

On the Android Pie device:
1. Open Settings.
2. Tap "Connected devices".
3. Tap "Connection preferences".
4. Verify that "Android Beam" is off and grayed out.

If on the MDM console "Disallow outgoing beam" is not set to "On", or on the Motorola Android Pie device "Android Beam" is not off and grayed out, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-32433r538417_fix)
Configure the Motorola Android Pie device to disallow outgoing beam. On the MDM console, in the Android user restrictions section, set "Disallow outgoing beam" to "On".