The ability to use corners to disable the screen saver must be disabled.

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The ability to use corners to disable the screen saver must be disabled.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-25317	OSX00375 M6	SV-37242r1_rule	PESL-1	Medium

Description
A computer should require authentication when waking from sleep or screen saver. Exposé & Spaces preferences can be configured to disable the screen saver by moving the mouse cursor to a corner of the screen. Do not configure a corner to disable the screen saver.

STIG	Date
MAC OSX 10.6 Workstation Security Technical Implementation Guide Draft	2013-01-10

Details

Check Text ( C-35934r1_chk )
Open System Preferences->Exposé & Spaces, Exposé pane. Ensure no corners are set to "Disable Screen saver" in the "Active Screen Corners" section for each user account. If any account is set to disable screen savers via corners, this is a finding. NOTE: Do this for each user on the system.

Fix Text (F-31189r1_fix)
Open System Preferences->Exposé & Spaces, Exposé pane. Remove any corners which are set to "Disable Screen saver" in the "Active Screen Corners" section for each user account.