Apple OS X 10.12 Security Technical Implementation Guide

The Apple OS X 10.12 Security Technical Implementation Guide (V1 R6) has 122 STIG checks. New to STIG checklists? Read What is a STIG checklist?, CKL vs CKLB, and STIG vs SCAP benchmark.

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Version

V1 · R6

CurrentPublished Fri Jan 24 2020

The OS X system must initiate the session lock no more than five seconds after a screen saver is started.

Apple OS X 10.12 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

The OS X system must initiate the session lock no more than five seconds after a screen saver is started.

Description

Discussion Text

A screen saver must be enabled and set to require a password to unlock. An excessive grace period impacts the ability for a session to be truly locked, requiring authentication to unlock.

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Objective

V-75955

Rule

SV-90643r1_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

AOSX-12-000025

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

To check if the system will prompt users to enter their passwords to unlock the screen saver, run the following command:

/usr/sbin/system_profiler SPConfigurationProfileDataType | /usr/bin/grep askForPasswordDelay

If there is no result, or if "askForPasswordDelay" is not set to "5.0" or less, this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

This setting is enforced using the "Login Window Policy" configuration profile.

STIG check 6 of 122 in the Apple OS X 10.12 STIG checklist

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