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 the system settings pane for Siri.

Apple macOS 14 (Sonoma) Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

The macOS system must disable the system settings pane for Siri.

Description

Discussion Text

The System Settings pane for Siri must be hidden.

Hiding the System Settings pane prevents the users from configuring Siri.

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Objective

V-259508

Rule

SV-259508r958478_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

APPL-14-002053

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

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

/usr/bin/profiles show -output stdout-xml | /usr/bin/xmllint --xpath '//key[text()="DisabledSystemSettings"]/following-sibling::*[1]' - | /usr/bin/grep -c com.apple.Siri-Settings.extension

If the result is not "1", this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Configure the macOS system to disable the system settings pane for Siri by installing the "com.apple.systempreferences" configuration profile.

STIG check 88 of 156 in the Apple macOS 14 (Sonoma) STIG checklist

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