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V-259418

CAT II (Medium)

The macOS system must prevent Apple Watch from terminating a session lock.

Rule ID

SV-259418r958400_rule

STIG

Apple macOS 14 (Sonoma) Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V2R3

CCIs

CCI-000056

Discussion

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

Check Content

Verify the macOS system is configured to prevent Apple Watch from terminating a session lock with the following command:

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

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

Fix Text

Configure the macOS system to prevent Apple Watch from terminating a session lock by installing the "com.apple.applicationaccess" configuration profile.