Apple macOS 13 (Ventura) Security Technical Implementation Guide
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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The macOS system must be configured to disable the iCloud Reminders services.
It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission objectives. These unnecessary capabilities or services are often overlooke...Rule Low Severity -
The macOS system must cover or disable the built-in or attached camera when not in use.
It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission objectives. These unnecessary capabilities or services are often overlooke...Rule Medium Severity -
The macOS system must be configured to disable sending diagnostic and usage data to Apple.
It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission objectives. These unnecessary capabilities or services are often overlooke...Rule Medium Severity -
The macOS system must be configured to disable the system preference pane for Apple ID.
It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission objectives. These unnecessary capabilities or services are often overlooke...Rule High Severity -
The macOS system must be configured to disable the Cloud Setup services.
It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission objectives. These unnecessary capabilities or services are often overlooke...Rule Medium Severity -
The macOS system must be configured to disable the Cloud Storage Setup services.
It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission objectives. These unnecessary capabilities or services are often overlooke...Rule Medium Severity -
The macOS system must be configured to disable the Siri Setup services.
It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission objectives. These unnecessary capabilities or services are often overlooke...Rule Medium Severity -
The macOS system must disable iCloud Document synchronization.
It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission objectives. These unnecessary capabilities or services are often overlooke...Rule Medium Severity -
The macOS system must disable the iCloud Photo Library.
It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission objectives. These unnecessary capabilities or services are often overlooke...Rule Medium Severity -
The macOS system must be configured to disable the system preference pane for TouchID and Password.
It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission objectives. These unnecessary capabilities or services are often overlooke...Rule Medium Severity -
The macOS system must be configured to disable the system preference pane for Siri.
It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission objectives. These unnecessary capabilities or services are often overlooke...Rule Medium Severity -
The macOS system must be configured with Bluetooth turned off unless approved by the organization.
Without protection of communications with wireless peripherals, confidentiality and integrity may be compromised because unprotected communications can be intercepted and either read, altered, or u...Rule Low Severity -
The macOS system must disable the guest account.
Failure to provide logical access restrictions associated with changes to system configuration may have significant effects on the overall security of the system. When dealing with access restrict...Rule High Severity -
The macOS system must issue or obtain public key certificates under an appropriate certificate policy from an approved service provider.
DOD-approved certificates must be installed to the System Keychain so they will be available to all users. For user certificates, each organization obtains certificates from an approved, shared se...Rule High Severity -
The macOS system must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one special character be used.
Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity or strength is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting ...Rule Medium Severity -
The macOS system must be configured so that the su command requires smart card authentication.
Configuring the operating system to implement organization-wide security implementation guides and security checklists ensures compliance with federal standards and establishes a common security ba...Rule Medium Severity -
The macOS system must be configured with system log files owned by root and group-owned by wheel or admin.
System logs must only be readable by root or admin users. System logs frequently contain sensitive information that could be used by an attacker. Setting the correct owner mitigates this risk. Som...Rule Medium Severity -
The macOS system must enable System Integrity Protection.
System Integrity Protection (SIP) is vital to the protection of the integrity of macOS. SIP restricts what actions can be performed by administrative users, including root, against protected parts ...Rule High Severity -
The macOS system must be configured to disable prompts to configure Touch ID.
It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission objectives. These unnecessary capabilities or services are often overlooke...Rule Medium Severity -
The macOS system must be configured to disable prompts to configure Unlock with Watch.
It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission objectives. These unnecessary capabilities or services are often overlooke...Rule Medium Severity
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