Apple macOS 15 (Sequoia) Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Version

V1 · R8

CurrentPublished Wed Sep 30 2026

The macOS system must disable Apple Intelligence Image Generation.

Apple macOS 15 (Sequoia) Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

The macOS system must disable Apple Intelligence Image Generation.

Description

Discussion Text

Apple Intelligence features that use off-device artificial intelligence must be disabled.

Use of off-device AI poses a data loss risk.

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Objective

V-268573

Rule

SV-268573r1034659_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

APPL-15-005150

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Verify the macOS system is configured to disable Apple Intelligence Image Generation with the following command:

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

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

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Configure the macOS system to disable Apple Intelligence Image Generation by installing the "com.apple.applicationaccess" configuration profile.

STIG check 150 of 160 in the Apple macOS 15 (Sequoia) STIG checklist

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