Apple macOS 14 (Sonoma) Security Technical Implementation Guide
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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The macOS system must disable Siri.
Support for Siri is nonessential and must be disabled. The information system must be configured to provide only essential capabilities.Rule Medium Severity -
The macOS system must disable Trivial File Transfer Protocol service.
If the system does not require Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP), support it is nonessential and must be disabled. The information system must be configured to provide only essential capabilit...Rule High Severity -
The macOS system must disable Siri Setup during Setup Assistant.
The prompt for Siri during Setup Assistant must be disabled. Organizations must apply organizationwide configuration settings. The macOS Siri Assistant Setup prompt guides new users through enabli...Rule Medium Severity -
The macOS system must disable iCloud Document synchronization.
The macOS built-in iCloud document synchronization service must be disabled to prevent organizational data from being synchronized to personal or nonapproved storage. Apple's iCloud service does n...Rule Medium Severity -
The macOS system must disable the system settings pane for Siri.
The System Settings pane for Siri must be hidden. Hiding the System Settings pane prevents the users from configuring Siri.Rule Medium Severity -
The macOS system must apply gatekeeper settings to block applications from unidentified developers.
The information system implements cryptographic mechanisms to authenticate software prior to installation. Gatekeeper settings must be configured correctly to only allow the system to run applicat...Rule High Severity -
The macOS system must enable Gatekeeper.
Gatekeeper must be enabled. Gatekeeper is a security feature that ensures applications are digitally signed by an Apple-issued certificate before they are permitted to run. Digital signatures allo...Rule High Severity -
The macOS system must secure user's home folders.
The system must be configured to prevent access to other user's home folders. The default behavior of macOS is to allow all valid users access to the top level of every other user's home folder wh...Rule Medium Severity -
The macOS system must disable Airplay Receiver.
Airplay Receiver allows users to send content from another Apple device to be displayed on the screen as it is being played from another device. Support for Airplay Receiver is nonessential and mu...Rule Medium Severity -
The macOS system must disable Bluetooth sharing.
Bluetooth Sharing must be disabled. Bluetooth Sharing allows users to wirelessly transmit files between the macOS and Bluetooth-enabled devices, including personally owned cellphones and tablets. ...Rule Medium Severity
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