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I - Mission Critical Sensitive

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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  • The macOS system must disable content caching service.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Content caching must be disabled. Content caching is a macOS service that helps reduce internet data usage and speed up soft...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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  • The macOS system must disable iCloud desktop and document folder synchronization.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The macOS system's ability to automatically synchronize a user's desktop and documents folder to their iCloud Drive must be d...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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  • The macOS system must disable iCloud Game Center.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This works only with supervised devices (MDM) and allows Apple Game Center to be disabled. The rationale is Game Center is us...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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  • The macOS system must disable iCloud Private Relay.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Enterprise networks may be required to audit all network traffic by policy; therefore, iCloud Private Relay must be disabled....
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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  • The macOS system must disable Find My service.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Find My service must be disabled. A Mobile Device Management (MDM) solution must be used to carry out remote locking and...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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  • The macOS system must disable password autofill.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Password Autofill must be disabled. macOS allows users to save passwords and use the Password Autofill feature in Safari and...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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  • The macOS system must disable personalized advertising.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Ad tracking and targeted ads must be disabled. The information system must be configured to provide only essential capabilit...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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  • The macOS system must disable sending Siri and Dictation information to Apple.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The ability for Apple to store and review audio of Siri and Dictation interactions must be disabled. The information system ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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  • The macOS system must enforce on device dictation.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Dictation must be restricted to on device only to prevent potential data exfiltration. The information system must be config...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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  • The macOS system must disable dictation.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Dictation must be disabled on Intel-based Macs as the feature On Device Dictation is only available on Apple Silicon devices....
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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  • The macOS system must disable Printer Sharing.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Printer Sharing must be disabled.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;FalsePositives&gt;&lt;/FalsePositives&gt;&lt;FalseNegatives&gt;&l...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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  • The macOS system must disable Remote Management.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Remote Management must be disabled.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;FalsePositives&gt;&lt;/FalsePositives&gt;&lt;FalseNegatives&gt;...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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  • The macOS system must disable the Bluetooth system settings pane.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Bluetooth System Setting pane must be disabled to prevent access to the Bluetooth configuration.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&l...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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  • The macOS system must disable the iCloud Freeform services.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The macOS built-in Freeform.app connection to Apple's iCloud service must be disabled. Apple's iCloud service does not provi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000403-GPOS-00182

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  • The macOS system must issue or obtain public key certificates from an approved service provider.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The organization must issue or obtain public key certificates from an organization-approved service provider and ensure only ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000071-GPOS-00039

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  • The macOS system must require passwords contain a minimum of one numeric character.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The macOS must be configured to require at least one numeric character be used when a password is created. This rule enforce...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000076-GPOS-00044

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  • The macOS system must restrict maximum password lifetime to 60 days.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The macOS must be configured to enforce a maximum password lifetime limit of at least 60 days. This rule ensures that users ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000078-GPOS-00046

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  • The macOS system must require a minimum password length of 14 characters.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The macOS must be configured to require a minimum of 14 characters be used when a password is created. This rule enforces pa...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000266-GPOS-00101

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  • The macOS system must require passwords contain a minimum of one special character.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The macOS must be configured to require at least one special character be used when a password is created. Special character...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000079-GPOS-00047

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  • The macOS system must disable password hints.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Password hints must be disabled. Password hints leak information about passwords that are currently in use and can lead to l...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The macOS system must enable firmware password.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A firmware password must be enabled and set. Single user mode, recovery mode, the Startup Manager, and several other tools a...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000079-GPOS-00047

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  • The macOS system must remove password hints from user accounts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;User accounts must not contain password hints. Password hints leak information about passwords that are currently in use and ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000067-GPOS-00035

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  • The macOS system must enforce smart card authentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Smart card authentication must be enforced. The use of smart card credentials facilitates standardization and reduces the ri...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000068-GPOS-00036

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  • The macOS system must allow smart card authentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Smart card authentication must be allowed. The use of smart card credentials facilitates standardization and reduces the ris...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000105-GPOS-00052

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  • The macOS system must enforce multifactor authentication for logon.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The system must be configured to enforce multifactor authentication. All users must go through multifactor authentication to...
    Rule Medium Severity

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