Topic

Maintaining mobile device security

Applicable to

all

History

Priority

should

Dec 2023

Mobile devices prevent personnel from installing non-approved applications once provisioned.

The existing control relating to preventing personnel from installing or uninstalling non-approved applications was corrected to recommend that personnel be prevented from installing non-approved applications.

Dec 2021

Mobile devices prevent personnel from installing or uninstalling non-approved applications once provisioned.

Miscellaneous changes were made to rationale and security controls throughout the publication. This included:

• A review from the Using the Information Security Manual chapter through to the Guidelines for Media chapter.

• Security controls suitable for all audiences have been identified with the ‘All’ applicability marking while additional security controls suitable for just government audiences have been identified with the O, P, S and TS applicability markings.

• Security controls suitable for specific classifications have been amended to include their classification(s) in the wording of the security controls to reduce the reliance on applicability markings to confer suitability.

• Tables in security controls have been converted into prose to allow for inclusion in the SSP annex template and the XML list of security controls.

• The use of ‘official’ and ‘highly classified’ terminology has been replaced with specific classifications to remove ambiguity.

• Security controls relating to high assurance ICT equipment have had their applicability narrowed to ‘S, TS’ reflecting that they are intended for the protection of SECRET and TOP SECRET systems and data.

2015

Agencies allowing mobile devices to access sensitive or classified information should preventpersonnel from installing or uninstalling applications on a mobile device once provisioned.

2010

Agencies should prevent personnel from installing or uninstalling applications on a mobile deviceonce provisioned.