Apple macOS 14 (Sonoma) Security Technical Implementation Guide
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048
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The macOS system must disable Network File System service.
Support for Network File Systems (NFS) services is nonessential and, therefore, must be disabled.Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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The macOS system must disable Location Services.
The information system must be configured to provide only essential capabilities. Disabling Location Services helps prevent the unauthorized connection of devices, unauthorized transfer of informat...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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The macOS system must disable Bonjour multicast.
Bonjour multicast advertising must be disabled to prevent the system from broadcasting its presence and available services over network interfaces.Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048
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SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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The macOS system must disable Internet Sharing.
If the system does not require Internet Sharing, support for it is nonessential and must be disabled. The information system must be configured to provide only essential capabilities. Disabling In...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048
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The macOS system must disable the built-in web server.
The built-in web server is a nonessential service built into macOS and must be disabled. Note: The built in web server service is disabled at startup by default macOS.Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048
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The macOS system must disable AirDrop.
AirDrop must be disabled to prevent file transfers to or from unauthorized devices. AirDrop allows users to share and receive files from other nearby Apple devices. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-0...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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The macOS system must disable the iCloud Calendar services.
The macOS built-in Calendar.app connection to Apple's iCloud service must be disabled. Apple's iCloud service does not provide an organization with enough control over the storage and access of da...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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The macOS system must disable iCloud Reminders.
The macOS built-in Reminders.app connection to Apple's iCloud service must be disabled. Apple's iCloud service does not provide an organization with enough control over the storage and access of d...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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The macOS system must disable iCloud Address Book.
The macOS built-in Contacts.app connection to Apple's iCloud service must be disabled. Apple's iCloud service does not provide an organization with enough control over the storage and access of da...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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The macOS system must disable iCloud Mail.
The macOS built-in Mail.app connection to Apple's iCloud service must be disabled. Apple's iCloud service does not provide an organization with enough control over the storage and access of data a...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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The macOS system must disable iCloud Notes.
The macOS built-in Notes.app connection to Apple's iCloud service must be disabled. Apple's iCloud service does not provide an organization with enough control over the storage and access of data ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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The macOS system must disable the camera.
macOS must be configured to disable the camera.Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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SRG-OS-000205-GPOS-00083
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The macOS system must disable sending diagnostic and usage data to Apple.
The ability to submit diagnostic data to Apple must be disabled. The information system must be configured to provide only essential capabilities. Disabling the submission of diagnostic and usage ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048
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The macOS system must disable Remote Apple Events.
If the system does not require Remote Apple Events, support for Apple Remote Events is nonessential and must be disabled. The information system must be configured to provide only essential capabi...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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The macOS system must disable Apple ID setup during Setup Assistant.
The prompt for Apple ID setup during Setup Assistant must be disabled. macOS will automatically prompt new users to set up an Apple ID while they are going through Setup Assistant if this is not d...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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The macOS system must disable Privacy Setup services during Setup Assistant.
The prompt for Privacy Setup services during Setup Assistant must be disabled. Organizations must apply organizationwide configuration settings. The macOS Privacy Setup services prompt guides new ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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The macOS system must disable iCloud Storage Setup during Setup Assistant.
The prompt to set up iCloud storage services during Setup Assistant must be disabled. The default behavior of macOS is to prompt new users to set up storage in iCloud. Disabling the iCloud storage...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000074-GPOS-00042
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SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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The macOS system must disable iCloud Keychain synchronization.
The macOS system's ability to automatically synchronize a user's passwords to their iCloud account must be disabled. Apple's iCloud service does not provide an organization with enough control ove...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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The macOS system must disable iCloud Bookmarks.
The macOS built-in Safari.app bookmark synchronization via the iCloud service must be disabled. Apple's iCloud service does not provide an organization with enough control over the storage and acc...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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The macOS system must disable iCloud Photo Library.
The macOS built-in Photos.app connection to Apple's iCloud service must be disabled. Apple's iCloud service does not provide an organization with enough control over the storage and access of data...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048
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The macOS system must disable Screen Sharing and Apple Remote Desktop.
Support for both Screen Sharing and Apple Remote Desktop (ARD) is nonessential and must be disabled. The information system must be configured to provide only essential capabilities. Disabling scr...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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The macOS system must disable the TouchID System Settings pane.
The System Settings pane for TouchID must be disabled. Disabling the System Settings pane prevents the users from configuring TouchID.Rule Medium Severity
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