macOS 15 - Sequoia

The macOS system must disable iCloud storage setup during Setup Assistant

STIG ID: APPL-15-002037 | SRG: SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049 | Severity: Medium | CCI: CCI-000381 | Vulnerability ID: V-268498

Description

The prompt to set up iCloud storage services during Setup Assistant must be disabled.The default behavior of macOS is to prompt new users to set up storage in iCloud. Disabling the iCloud storage setup prompt provides organizations with more control over their data storage.

Check

C-268498r1034434_chk

Verify the macOS system is configured to disable iCloud storage setup during Setup Assistant with the following command:/usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript << EOS$.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.SetupAssistant.managed')\.objectForKey('SkipiCloudStorageSetup').jsEOSIf the result is not "true", this is a finding.

Fix

F-72429r1034433_fix

Configure the macOS system to disable iCloud storage setup during Setup Assistant by installing the "com.apple.SetupAssistant.managed" configuration profile.