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Check: APPL-15-002023

Apple macOS 15 (Sequoia) STIG: APPL-15-002023 (in versions v1 r3 through v1 r1)

Title

The macOS system must disable sending audio recordings and transcripts to Apple. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

The ability for Apple to store and review audio recordings and transcripts of vocal shortcuts and voice control interactions must be disabled. The information system must be configured to provide only essential capabilities. Disabling the submission of this information will mitigate the risk of unwanted data being sent to Apple.

Check Content

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

Fix Text

Configure the macOS system to disable sending audio recordings and transcripts by installing the "com.apple.accessibility" configuration profile.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-269096r1034785_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-269096

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

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CCIs

CCIs tied to check.

Number	Definition
CCI-000381	Configure the system to provide only organization-defined mission essential capabilities.

Controls

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

Number	Title
CM-7	Least Functionality