Apple macOS 15 (Sequoia) STIG Version Comparison

There are 1 differences between versions v1 r1 (Sept. 24, 2024) (the "left" version) and v1 r3 (April 2, 2025) (the "right" version).

Check APPL-15-002271 was added to the benchmark in the "right" version.

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Title

The macOS system must disable iPhone Mirroring.

Check Content

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

Discussion

iPhone Mirroring must be disabled to prevent file transfers to or from unauthorized devices. Disabling iPhone Mirroring also prevents potentially unauthorized applications from appearing as if they are installed on the Mac. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048, SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049, SRG-OS-000300-GPOS-00118

Fix

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