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AC-11(01) Pattern-hiding Displays

NIST SP 800-53 (controls) 5.2.0 against 5.2.0
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unchanged AC Moderate baselineHigh baseline part of AC-11

Title

Pattern-hiding Displays

Control

Conceal, via the device lock, information previously visible on the display with a publicly viewable image.

Discussion

The pattern-hiding display can include static or dynamic images, such as patterns used with screen savers, photographic images, solid colors, clock, battery life indicator, or a blank screen with the caveat that controlled unclassified information is not displayed.

Assessment objective

AC-11(01) information previously visible on the display is concealed, via device lock, with a publicly viewable image.

STIG rules that implement this control 25

Apple iOS/iPadOS 26 V1R3

Apple iOS/iPadOS 27 V1R1

Apple macOS 15 (Sequoia) V1R8

Apple macOS 26 (Tahoe) V1R4

Canonical Ubuntu 22.04 LTS V2R10

Canonical Ubuntu 24.04 LTS V1R7

Google Android 16 COBO Y26M10

Google Android 17 COBO Y26M06

Microsoft Windows 11 V2R11

Microsoft Windows Server 2022 V2R11

Microsoft Windows Server 2025 V1R4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 V1R3

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 V2R10

Samsung Android 16 COBO Y26M10