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V-277049CAT II — Medium severitySV-277049r1148599_rule

The macOS system must enforce screen saver timeout.

Rule version APPL-26-000070 · STIG v1 · 2026-09-01

Discussion

The screen saver timeout must be set to 900 seconds or a shorter length of time.

This rule ensures that a full session lock is triggered within no more than 900 seconds of inactivity.

Check

Verify the macOS system is configured to initiate the screen saver timeout after 15 minutes of inactivity with the following command:

/usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript << EOS function run() { let timeout = ObjC.unwrap($.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.screensaver')\ .objectForKey('idleTime')) if ( timeout <= 900 ) { return("true") } else { return("false") } } EOS

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

Fix

Configure the macOS system to initiate the screen saver after 15 minutes of inactivity by installing the "com.apple.screensaver" configuration profile.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-277049
Group title
SRG-OS-000029-GPOS-00010
Rule ID
SV-277049r1148599_rule
Check ID
C-81204r1148597_chk
Fix ID
F-81109r1148598_fix