macOS 15 - Sequoia

The macOS system must disable Unlock with Apple Watch during Setup Assistant

STIG ID: APPL-15-005056 | SRG: SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049 | Severity: Medium | CCI: CCI-000381 | Vulnerability ID: V-268561

Description

The prompt for Apple Watch unlock setup during Setup Assistant must be disabled.Disabling Apple watches is a necessary step to ensuring the information system retains a session lock until the user reestablishes access using authorized identification and authentication procedures.

Check

C-268561r1034623_chk

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

Fix

F-72492r1034622_fix

Configure the macOS system to disable Unlock with Apple Watch during Setup Assistant by installing the "com.apple.SetupAssistant.managed" configuration profile.