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V-259419CAT II — Medium severitySV-259419r958400_rule

The macOS system must enforce screen saver password.

Rule version APPL-14-000002 · STIG v2 · 2024-12-04

Discussion

Users must authenticate when unlocking the screen saver.

The screen saver acts as a session lock and prevents unauthorized users from accessing the current user's account.

Check

Verify the macOS system is configured to prompt users to enter a password to unlock the screen saver with the following command:

/usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript << EOS $.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.screensaver')\ .objectForKey('askForPassword').js EOS

If the result is not "true", this is a finding.

Fix

Configure the macOS system to prompt users to enter a password to unlock the screen saver by installing the "com.apple.screensaver" configuration profile.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-259419
Group title
SRG-OS-000028-GPOS-00009
Rule ID
SV-259419r958400_rule
Check ID
C-63158r940877_chk
Fix ID
F-63066r940878_fix