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The macOS system must enforce multifactor authentication for logon.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

The system must be configured to enforce multifactor authentication. All users must go through multifactor authentication to prevent unauthenticated access and potential compromise to the system. IMPORTANT: Modification of Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) now requires user authorization or use of a Privacy Preferences Policy Control (PPPC) profile from MDM that authorizes modifying system administrator files or full disk access. Note: /etc/pam.d/login will be automatically modified to its original state following any update or major upgrade to the operating system. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000105-GPOS-00052,SRG-OS-000106-GPOS-00053,SRG-OS-000107-GPOS-00054,SRG-OS-000108-GPOS-00055,SRG-OS-000112-GPOS-00057

ID
SV-259547r1009600_rule
Version
APPL-14-003050
Severity
Medium
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

Configure the macOS system to enforce multifactor authentication for login with the following commands:

/bin/cat > /etc/pam.d/login << LOGIN_END
# login: auth account password session
auth        sufficient    pam_smartcard.so
auth        optional      pam_krb5.so use_kcminit