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 iCloud Storage Setup during Setup Assistant.
<VulnDiscussion>The prompt to set up iCloud storage services during Setup Assistant must be disabled. The default behavior of macOS is to pr...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000074-GPOS-00042
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The macOS system must disable Trivial File Transfer Protocol service.
<VulnDiscussion>If the system does not require Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP), support it is nonessential and must be disabled. The i...Rule High Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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The macOS system must disable Siri Setup during Setup Assistant.
<VulnDiscussion>The prompt for Siri during Setup Assistant must be disabled. Organizations must apply organizationwide configuration setting...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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The macOS system must disable iCloud Keychain synchronization.
<VulnDiscussion>The macOS system's ability to automatically synchronize a user's passwords to their iCloud account must be disabled. Apple's...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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The macOS system must disable iCloud Bookmarks.
<VulnDiscussion>The macOS built-in Safari.app bookmark synchronization via the iCloud service must be disabled. Apple's iCloud service does ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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The macOS system must disable iCloud Photo Library.
<VulnDiscussion>The macOS built-in Photos.app connection to Apple's iCloud service must be disabled. Apple's iCloud service does not provide...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048
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The macOS system must disable Screen Sharing and Apple Remote Desktop.
<VulnDiscussion>Support for both Screen Sharing and Apple Remote Desktop (ARD) is nonessential and must be disabled. The information system ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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The macOS system must disable the TouchID System Settings pane.
<VulnDiscussion>The System Settings pane for TouchID must be disabled. Disabling the System Settings pane prevents the users from configurin...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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The macOS system must disable the System Settings pane for Wallet and Apple Pay.
<VulnDiscussion>The System Settings pane for Wallet and Apple Pay must be disabled. Disabling the System Settings pane prevents the users fr...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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The macOS system must disable the system settings pane for Siri.
<VulnDiscussion>The System Settings pane for Siri must be hidden. Hiding the System Settings pane prevents the users from configuring Siri.&...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000366-GPOS-00153
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