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Apple OS X 10.15 (Catalina) Security Technical Implementation Guide


Overview

Date Finding Count (108)
2021-11-19 CAT I (High): 9 CAT II (Med): 91 CAT III (Low): 8
STIG Description
This Security Technical Implementation Guide is published as a tool to improve the security of Department of Defense (DoD) information systems. The requirements are derived from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 800-53 and related documents. Comments or proposed revisions to this document should be sent via email to the following address: disa.stig_spt@mail.mil.

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Findings (MAC III - Administrative Sensitive)

Finding ID Severity Title
V-225130 High The macOS system must be integrated into a directory services infrastructure.
V-225198 High The macOS system must have the security assessment policy subsystem enabled.
V-225197 High The macOS system must enforce access restrictions.
V-225203 High The macOS system must use an approved antivirus program.
V-225204 High The macOS system must issue or obtain public key certificates under an appropriate certificate policy from an approved service provider.
V-225181 High The macOS system must be configured to disable the system preference pane for iCloud.
V-225187 High The macOS system must be configured to disable the tftp service.
V-225212 High The macOS system must use multifactor authentication for local and network access to privileged and non-privileged accounts, the establishment of nonlocal maintenance and diagnostic sessions, and authentication for remote access to privileged accounts in such a way that one of the factors is provided by a device separate from the system gaining access.
V-225218 High The macOS system must be configured with the sudoers file configured to authenticate users on a per -tty basis.
V-225152 Medium The macOS system must audit the enforcement actions used to restrict access associated with changes to the system.
V-225153 Medium The macOS system must allocate audit record storage capacity to store at least one week's worth of audit records when audit records are not immediately sent to a central audit record storage facility.
V-225150 Medium The macOS system must be configured with audit log files set to mode 440 or less permissive.
V-225151 Medium The macOS system must be configured with audit log folders set to mode 700 or less permissive.
V-225156 Medium The macOS system must generate audit records for DoD-defined events such as successful/unsuccessful logon attempts, successful/unsuccessful direct access attempts, starting and ending time for user access, and concurrent logons to the same account from different sources.
V-225157 Medium The macOS system must accept and verify Personal Identity Verification (PIV) credentials, implement a local cache of revocation data to support path discovery and validation in case of the inability to access revocation information via the network, and only allow the use of DoD PKI-established certificate authorities for verification of the establishment of protected sessions.
V-225154 Medium The macOS system must provide an immediate warning to the System Administrator (SA) and Information System Security Officer (ISSO) (at a minimum) when allocated audit record storage volume reaches 75 percent of repository maximum audit record storage capacity.
V-225155 Medium The macOS system must provide an immediate real-time alert to the System Administrator (SA) and Information System Security Officer (ISSO), at a minimum, of all audit failure events requiring real-time alerts.
V-225158 Medium The macOS system must require individuals to be authenticated with an individual authenticator prior to using a group authenticator.
V-225159 Medium The macOS system must be configured to disable SMB File Sharing unless it is required.
V-234700 Medium The macOS system must authenticate peripherals before establishing a connection.
V-225145 Medium The macOS system must shut down by default upon audit failure (unless availability is an overriding concern).
V-225144 Medium The macOS system must initiate session audits at system startup, using internal clocks with time stamps for audit records that meet a minimum granularity of one second and can be mapped to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), to generate audit records containing information to establish what type of events occurred; the identity of any individual or process associated with the event, including individual identities of group account users; and establish where the events occurred, source of the event, and outcome of the events, including all account enabling actions, full-text recording of privileged commands, and information about the use of encryption for access wireless access to and from the system.
V-225147 Medium The macOS system must be configured with audit log folders owned by root.
V-225146 Medium The macOS system must be configured with audit log files owned by root.
V-225141 Medium The macOS system must be configured with the SSH daemon LoginGraceTime set to 30 or less.
V-225140 Medium The macOS system must be configured with the SSH daemon ClientAliveCountMax option set to 0.
V-225143 Medium The macOS system must monitor remote access methods and generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to access/modify privileges occur.
V-225142 Medium The macOS system must generate audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events; privileged activities or other system-level access; all kernel module load, unload, and restart actions; all program initiations; and organizationally defined events for all non-local maintenance and diagnostic sessions.
V-225220 Medium The macOS system must implement cryptographic mechanisms to protect the confidentiality and integrity of all information at rest.
V-225221 Medium The macOS Application Firewall must be enabled.
V-225222 Medium The macOS system must be configured with dedicated user accounts to decrypt the hard disk upon startup.
V-225149 Medium The macOS system must be configured with audit log folders group-owned by wheel.
V-225148 Medium The macOS system must be configured with audit log files group-owned by wheel.
V-225131 Medium The macOS system must enforce the limit of three consecutive invalid logon attempts by a user.
V-225132 Medium The macOS system must enforce an account lockout time period of 15 minutes in which a user makes three consecutive invalid logon attempts.
V-225133 Medium The macOS system must enforce the limit of three consecutive invalid logon attempts by a user before the user account is locked.
V-225134 Medium The macOS system must display the Standard Mandatory DoD Notice and Consent Banner before granting remote access to the operating system.
V-225135 Medium The macOS system must display the Standard Mandatory DoD Notice and Consent Banner before granting access to the system via SSH.
V-225136 Medium The macOS system must be configured so that any connection to the system must display the Standard Mandatory DoD Notice and Consent Banner before granting GUI access to the system.
V-225137 Medium The macOS system must be configured so that log files must not contain access control lists (ACLs).
V-225138 Medium The macOS system must be configured so that log folders must not contain access control lists (ACLs).
V-225139 Medium The macOS system must be configured with the SSH daemon ClientAliveInterval option set to 900 or less.
V-225199 Medium The macOS system must not allow an unattended or automatic logon to the system.
V-225194 Medium The macOS system must allow only applications that have a valid digital signature to run.
V-225192 Medium The macOS system must disable iCloud photo library.
V-225193 Medium The macOS system must disable the Screen Sharing feature.
V-225190 Medium The macOS system must disable iCloud document synchronization.
V-225191 Medium The macOS system must disable iCloud bookmark synchronization.
V-245554 Medium The macOS system must be configured to disable the system preference pane for TouchID.
V-245555 Medium The macOS system must be configured to disable the system preference pane for Wallet & ApplePay.
V-225200 Medium The macOS system must prohibit user installation of software without explicit privileged status.
V-225201 Medium The macOS system must set permissions on user home directories to prevent users from having access to read or modify another users files.
V-225206 Medium The macOS system must enforce a 60-day maximum password lifetime restriction.
V-225207 Medium The macOS system must prohibit password reuse for a minimum of five generations.
V-225205 Medium The macOS system must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one numeric character be used.
V-225208 Medium The macOS system must enforce a minimum 15-character password length.
V-225209 Medium The macOS system must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one special character be used.
V-225122 Medium The macOS system must be configured to lock the user session when a smart token is removed.
V-225121 Medium The macOS system must initiate a session lock after a 15-minute period of inactivity.
V-225120 Medium The macOS system must initiate the session lock no more than five seconds after a screen saver is started.
V-225127 Medium The macOS system must automatically remove or disable temporary and emergency user accounts after 72 hours.
V-225126 Medium The macOS system must implement DoD-approved encryption to protect the confidentiality and integrity of remote access sessions, including transmitted data and data during preparation for transmission, and use replay-resistant authentication mechanisms and implement cryptographic mechanisms to protect the integrity of and verify remote disconnection at the termination of nonlocal maintenance and diagnostic communications.
V-225125 Medium The macOS system must be configured with Wi-Fi support software disabled.
V-225124 Medium The macOS system must be configured to disable hot corners.
V-233778 Medium The macOS system must implement an approved Key Exchange Algorithm.
V-225129 Medium The macOS system must utilize an Endpoint Security Solution (ESS) and implement all DoD required modules.
V-225128 Medium The macOS system must, for networked systems, compare internal information system clocks at least every 24 hours with a server that is synchronized to one of the redundant United States Naval Observatory (USNO) time servers or a time server designated for the appropriate DoD network (NIPRNet/SIPRNet) and/or the Global Positioning System (GPS).
V-225180 Medium The macOS system must be configured to disable the application Calendar.
V-225183 Medium The macOS system must be configured to disable the Siri Setup services.
V-225182 Medium The macOS system must be configured to disable the system preference pane for Internet Accounts.
V-225185 Medium The macOS system must be configured to disable the Privacy Setup services.
V-225184 Medium The macOS system must be configured to disable the Cloud Setup services.
V-225186 Medium The macOS system must be configured to disable the Cloud Storage Setup services.
V-225189 Medium The macOS system must disable iCloud Keychain synchronization.
V-225188 Medium The macOS system must disable Siri setup pop-ups.
V-225215 Medium The macOS system must be configured so that the sudo command requires smart card authentication.
V-225214 Medium The macOS system must be configured so that the su command requires smart card authentication.
V-225217 Medium The macOS system must be configured with system log files set to mode 640 or less permissive.
V-225216 Medium The macOS system must be configured with system log files owned by root and group-owned by wheel or admin.
V-225211 Medium The macOS system must be configured with a firmware password to prevent access to single user mode and booting from alternative media.
V-225210 Medium The macOS system must be configured to prevent displaying password hints.
V-225213 Medium The macOS system must be configured so that the login command requires smart card authentication.
V-225219 Medium The macOS system must enable System Integrity Protection.
V-225118 Medium The macOS system must be configured to prevent Apple Watch from terminating a session lock.
V-225119 Medium The macOS system must retain the session lock until the user reestablishes access using established identification and authentication procedures.
V-245556 Medium The macOS system must be configured to disable the system preference pane for Siri.
V-225178 Medium The macOS system must be configured to disable sending diagnostic and usage data to Apple.
V-225179 Medium The macOS system must be configured to disable Remote Apple Events.
V-225175 Medium The macOS system must cover or disable the built-in or attached camera when not in use.
V-225177 Medium The macOS system must be configured to disable Siri and dictation.
V-250321 Medium The macOS system must restrict the ability of individuals to use USB storage devices.
V-233777 Medium The macOS system must use only Message Authentication Codes (MACs) employing FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic hash algorithms.
V-233776 Medium The macOS system must implement approved Ciphers to protect the confidentiality of SSH connections..
V-225166 Medium The macOS system must be configured to disable Web Sharing.
V-225165 Medium The macOS system must be configured to disable Internet Sharing.
V-225164 Medium The macOS system must be configured to disable the UUCP service.
V-225163 Medium The macOS system must be configured to disable Bonjour multicast advertising.
V-225162 Medium The macOS system must be configured to disable Location Services.
V-225161 Medium The macOS system must be configured to disable the Network File System (NFS) daemon unless it is required.
V-225160 Medium The macOS system must be configured to disable Apple File (AFP) Sharing.
V-225196 Low The macOS system must be configured with Bluetooth turned off unless approved by the organization.
V-225123 Low The macOS system must conceal, via the session lock, information previously visible on the display with a publicly viewable image.
V-225174 Low The macOS system must be configured to disable the iCloud Notes services.
V-225170 Low The macOS system must be configured to disable the iCloud Calendar services.
V-225171 Low The macOS system must be configured to disable the iCloud Reminders services.
V-225172 Low The macOS system must be configured to disable iCloud Address Book services.
V-225173 Low The macOS system must be configured to disable the Mail iCloud services.
V-225167 Low The macOS system must be configured to disable AirDrop.