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Check: APPL-14-002020

Apple macOS 14 (Sonoma) STIG: APPL-14-002020 (in versions v1 r2 through v1 r1)

Title

The macOS system must disable Siri. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Support for Siri is nonessential and must be disabled. The information system must be configured to provide only essential capabilities.

Check Content

Verify the macOS system is configured to disable Siri with the following command: /usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript << EOS $.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.applicationaccess')\ .objectForKey('allowAssistant').js EOS If the result is not "false", this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the macOS system to disable Siri by installing the "com.apple.applicationaccess" configuration profile.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-259493r941101_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-259493

Group Title: SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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CCIs

CCIs tied to check.

Number	Definition
CCI-000381	The organization configures the information system to provide only essential capabilities.

Controls

Controls tied to check. These are derived from the CCIs shown above.

Number	Title
CM-7	Least Functionality