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NIST 800-53 Moderate-Impact Baseline for Apple macOS 10.15 Catalina

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • System Accounting with audit

    The Basic Security Module (BSM) security audit API and file format is Apple's auditing system. The audit() function submits a record to the kernel ...
    Group
  • Enable audit Service

    The audit service is an essential userspace component of the auditing system, as it is responsible for writing audit records to disk.
    Rule High Severity
  • Configure auditd

    The <code>auditd</code> program can perform comprehensive monitoring of system activity. This section describes recommended configuration settings ...
    Group
  • Shutdown System When Auditing Failures Occur

    The macOS system must shut down by default upon audit failure unless availability is an overriding concern.
    Rule Medium Severity

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