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V-268502CAT II — Medium severitySV-268502r1034446_rule

The macOS system must disable iCloud Document Sync.

Rule version APPL-15-002041 · STIG v1 · 2026-09-01

Discussion

The macOS built-in iCloud document synchronization service must be disabled to prevent organizational data from being synchronized to personal or nonapproved storage.

Apple's iCloud service does not provide an organization with enough control over the storage and access of data and, therefore, automated document synchronization must be controlled by an organization-approved service.

Check

Verify the macOS system is configured to disable iCloud Document Sync with the following command:

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

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

Fix

Configure the macOS system to disable iCloud Document Sync by installing the "com.apple.applicationaccess" configuration profile.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-268502
Group title
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
Rule ID
SV-268502r1034446_rule
Check ID
C-72532r1034444_chk
Fix ID
F-72433r1034445_fix