TMA-ANDROID-1.2
Ensure 'Screen Lock' is set to 'Enabled'
Description
Enabling the Screen lock setting helps secure Android devices. This setting helps prevent unauthorized access to your device and protects data from being compromised. The recommended state for this setting is: Enabled.
How it is checked
Audit method: Manual review
This recommendation cannot be checked automatically. A scan lists it with these instructions when you pass --include-manual.
Verify that a Pattern, PIN or Password has been set for the device: Settings > Security > Verify that Screen lock has Pattern, PIN or Password underneath the text.
How it is fixed
Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch
To configure a Pattern, PIN or Password for the device: Settings > Security > Screen Lock > Pattern, PIN or Password > Enter a complex Pattern, PIN or Password > Continue > Enter in the same complex Pattern, PIN or Password again > OK.
Properties
- Operating systems
- Any
- Tags
- androiddevice-settings
- Reference
- CIS Google Android Benchmark v1.6.0 - 1.2 Ensure 'Screen Lock' is set to 'Enabled'