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


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-259508 APPL-14-002053 SV-259508r941146_rule Medium
Description
The System Settings pane for Siri must be hidden. Hiding the System Settings pane prevents the users from configuring Siri.
STIG Date
Apple macOS 14 (Sonoma) Security Technical Implementation Guide 2024-01-10

Details

Check Text ( C-63247r941144_chk )
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.
Fix Text (F-63155r941145_fix)
Configure the macOS system to disable the system settings pane for Siri by installing the "com.apple.systempreferences" configuration profile.