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Near Field Communications (NFC) chips must be disabled.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-36768 WN08-MO-000012 SV-48452r1_rule ECSC-1 Medium
Description
Various connection ports can provide additional attack vectors to a system or expose sensitive information and should be limited.
STIG Date
Windows 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2014-01-07

Details

Check Text ( C-45116r1_chk )
Verify NFC is turned off. View status in device manager or NFC management application.
IF NFC is not disabled, this is a finding.

If the system does not have NFC, this is not applicable.
Fix Text (F-41580r1_fix)
Disable NFC in device manager.