id: os_screenshots_disable
title: Ensure Allow Screenshots and Screen Recording is Set to Disabled
discussion: |
  Screenshots and screen recordings _MUST_ be disabled.
references:
  nist:
    cce:
      macos_27:
        - CCE-XXXXX-X
      ios_27:
        - CCE-XXXXX-X
      ios_26:
        - CCE-95521-1
      ios_18:
        - CCE-94463-7
      ios_17:
        - CCE-93446-3
      visionos_26:
        - CCE-95592-2
      visionos_27:
        - CCE-XXXXX-X
    800-53r5:
      - CM-7
      - CM-7(1)
      - SC-7(10)
  disa:
    cci:
      - CCI-000366
    disa_stig:
      ios_26:
        - AIOS-26-018000
      visionos_26:
        - AVOS-26-018000
    sfr:
      - 'FMT_MOF_EXT.1.2 #47'
    cmmc:
      - CM.L2-3.4.6
      - CM.L2-3.4.7
  bsi:
    indigo:
      ios_26:
        - ANNEX K
      ios_18:
        - ANNEX K
      ios_17:
        - ANNEX K
  cis:
    benchmark:
      ios_26:
        - 3.2.1.1 (level 2 - Institutionally-Owned Devices)
      ios_18:
        - 3.2.1.1 (level 2 - Institutionally-Owned Devices)
      ios_17:
        - 3.2.1.1 (level 2 - Institutionally-Owned Devices)
    controls_v8:
      - 3.3
platforms:
  macOS:
    '27.0': {}
    enforcement_info:
      check:
        shell: |-
          /usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript << EOS
          $.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.applicationaccess')\
          .objectForKey('allowScreenShot').js
          EOS
        result:
          string: 'false'
    introduced: '10.14.4'
  iOS:
    '27.0': {}
    '26.0':
      supervised: false
      benchmarks:
        - name: cis_lvl2_enterprise
        - name: ios_stig
        - name: indigo_base
        - name: indigo_high
    '18.0':
      supervised: false
      benchmarks:
        - name: cis_lvl2_enterprise
        - name: indigo_base
        - name: indigo_high
    '17.0':
      supervised: false
      benchmarks:
        - name: cis_lvl2_enterprise
        - name: indigo_base
        - name: indigo_high
    introduced: '3.1'
  visionOS:
    '27.0': {}
    '26.0':
      supervised: false
      benchmarks:
        - name: visionos_stig
          severity: low
    introduced: '2.0'
tags:
  - 800-53r5_low
  - 800-53r5_moderate
  - 800-53r5_high
  - cisv8
  - cmmc_lvl2
  - cmmc_lvl3
  - cnssi-1253_moderate
  - cnssi-1253_low
  - cnssi-1253_high
mobileconfig_info:
  - PayloadType: com.apple.applicationaccess
    PayloadContent:
      - allowScreenShot: false
