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

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-214807	AOSX-13-000025	SV-214807r609363_rule		Medium

Description
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.

STIG	Date
Apple OS X 10.13 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2021-11-19

Details

Check Text ( C-16007r396993_chk )
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.

Fix Text (F-16005r396994_fix)
This setting is enforced using the "Security and Privacy Policy" configuration profile.