STIGUI
V-259574CAT II — Medium severitySV-259574r991589_rule

The macOS system must enforce enrollment in mobile device management.

Rule version APPL-14-005110 · STIG v2 · 2024-12-04

Discussion

Users must enroll their Mac in a Mobile Device Management (MDM) software.

User Approved MDM (UAMDM) enrollment or enrollment via Apple Business Manager (ABM)/Apple School Manager (ASM) is required to manage certain security settings. Currently these include:

* Allowed Kernel Extensions * Allowed Approved System Extensions * Privacy Preferences Policy Control Payload * ExtensibleSingleSignOn * FDEFileVault

In macOS 11, UAMDM grants Supervised status on a Mac, unlocking the following MDM features, which were previously locked behind ABM:

* Activation Lock Bypass * Access to Bootstrap Tokens * Scheduling Software Updates * Query list and delete local users

Check

Verify the macOS system is configured to enforce enrollment in mobile device management with the following command:

/usr/bin/profiles status -type enrollment | /usr/bin/awk -F: '/MDM enrollment/ {print $2}' | /usr/bin/grep -c "Yes (User Approved)"

If the result is not "1", this is a finding.

Fix

Configure the macOS system by ensuring that system is enrolled via UAMDM.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-259574
Group title
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
Rule ID
SV-259574r991589_rule
Check ID
C-63313r941342_chk
Fix ID
F-63221r941343_fix