Apple macOS 14 (Sonoma) Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Version

V2 · R4

CurrentPublished Wed Oct 01 2025

The macOS system must disable Siri.

Apple macOS 14 (Sonoma) Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

The macOS system must disable Siri.

Description

Discussion Text

Support for Siri is nonessential and must be disabled.

The information system must be configured to provide only essential capabilities.

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Objective

V-259493

Rule

SV-259493r958478_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

APPL-14-002020

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Verify the macOS system is configured to disable Siri with the following command:

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

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

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Configure the macOS system to disable Siri by installing the "com.apple.applicationaccess" configuration profile.

STIG check 73 of 156 in the Apple macOS 14 (Sonoma) STIG checklist

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