The Samsung Knox for Android platform must be configured to enforce an application installation policy through application whitelist specifying a set of allowed applications and versions.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-56055	KNOX-35-009100	SV-70309r1_rule		Medium

Description
Requiring all authorized applications to be in an application whitelist prevents the execution of any applications (e.g., unauthorized, malicious) that are not part of the whitelist. Failure to configure an application whitelist properly could allow unauthorized and malicious applications to be downloaded, installed, and executed on the mobile device, causing a compromise of DoD data accessible by these applications. SFR ID: FMT_SMF.1.1 #10

Description

Requiring all authorized applications to be in an application whitelist prevents the execution of any applications (e.g., unauthorized, malicious) that are not part of the whitelist. Failure to configure an application whitelist properly could allow unauthorized and malicious applications to be downloaded, installed, and executed on the mobile device, causing a compromise of DoD data accessible by these applications. SFR ID: FMT_SMF.1.1 #10

STIG	Date
Samsung Android (with Knox 2.x) STIG	2015-05-20

Details

Check Text ( C-56625r2_chk )
This validation procedure is performed on the MDM Administration Console. Check whether the appropriate setting is configured on the MDM Administration Console: 1. Ask the MDM administrator to display the list of white-listed applications in the "Android Applications" rule. 2. Verify the list of white-listed applications has been approved by the Approving official (AO). (Note: Refer to the Supplemental document for additional information.) (Note: This list can be empty if no applications have been approved.) If any of the applications on white-listed applications on the MDM Administration Console have not been approved by the AO, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-56625r2_chk )

This validation procedure is performed on the MDM Administration Console.

Check whether the appropriate setting is configured on the MDM Administration Console:
1. Ask the MDM administrator to display the list of white-listed applications in the "Android Applications" rule.
2. Verify the list of white-listed applications has been approved by the Approving official (AO).
(Note: Refer to the Supplemental document for additional information.)
(Note: This list can be empty if no applications have been approved.)

If any of the applications on white-listed applications on the MDM Administration Console have not been approved by the AO, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-60933r2_fix)
Configure the mobile device to use an application whitelist. On the MDM Administration Console, configure the list of white-listed applications in the "Android Applications" rule and ensure only AO-approved applications are on the list. (Note: This list can be empty if no applications have been approved.) (Note: Refer to the Supplemental document for additional information.)