STIGUI
V-277171CAT II — Medium severitySV-277171r1149402_rule

The macOS system must disable Unlock with Apple Watch during Setup Assistant.

Rule version APPL-26-005056 · STIG v1 · 2026-09-01

Discussion

The prompt for Apple Watch unlock setup during Setup Assistant must be disabled.

Disabling Apple watches is a necessary step to ensuring the information system retains a session lock until the user reestablishes access using authorized identification and authentication procedures.

Check

Verify the macOS system is configured to disable Unlock with Apple Watch during Setup Assistant with the following command:

/usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript 2>/dev/null << EOS $.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.SetupAssistant.managed')\ .objectForKey('SkipSetupItems').containsObject("WatchMigration") EOS

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

Fix

Configure the macOS system to disable Unlock with Apple Watch during Setup Assistant by installing the "com.apple.SetupAssistant.managed" configuration profile.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-277171
Group title
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
Rule ID
SV-277171r1149402_rule
Check ID
C-81326r1149350_chk
Fix ID
F-81231r1148964_fix