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← Back to Apple macOS 14 (Sonoma) Security Technical Implementation Guide

V-259441

CAT II (Medium)

The macOS system must enforce screen saver timeout.

Rule ID

SV-259441r958402_rule

STIG

Apple macOS 14 (Sonoma) Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V2R3

CCIs

CCI-000057

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 Content

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 Text

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