title: "macOS 26.0: Security Configuration - CIS Controls Version 8"

description: |

This guide describes the actions to take when securing a macOS 26.0 system against the CIS Controls Version 8 security baseline.

Information System Security Officers and benchmark creators can use this catalog of settings in order to assist them in security benchmark creation. This list is a catalog, not a checklist or benchmark, and satisfaction of every item is not likely to be possible or sensible in many operational scenarios.

authors: |

*macOS Security Compliance Project*

CIS Critical Security Controls® (CIS Controls®) are referenced with the permission and support of the Center for Internet Security® (CIS®)

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|Edward Byrd|Center for Internet Security

|Bob Gendler|National Institute of Standards and Technology

|Dan Brodjieski|National Aeronautics and Space Administration

|Allen Golbig|Jamf

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parent_values: "recommended"

profile:

- section: "auditing"

rules:

- audit_acls_files_configure

- audit_acls_folders_configure

- audit_auditd_enabled

- audit_control_acls_configure

- audit_control_group_configure

- audit_control_mode_configure

- audit_control_owner_configure

- audit_files_group_configure

- audit_files_mode_configure

- audit_files_owner_configure

- audit_flags_aa_configure

- audit_flags_ad_configure

- audit_flags_ex_configure

- audit_flags_fm_failed_configure

- audit_flags_fr_configure

- audit_flags_fw_configure

- audit_flags_lo_configure

- audit_folder_group_configure

- audit_folder_owner_configure

- audit_folders_mode_configure

- audit_retention_configure

- section: "authentication"

rules:

- auth_pam_login_smartcard_enforce

- auth_pam_su_smartcard_enforce

- auth_pam_sudo_smartcard_enforce

- auth_smartcard_allow

- auth_smartcard_enforce

- auth_ssh_password_authentication_disable

- section: "icloud"

rules:

- icloud_addressbook_disable

- icloud_appleid_system_settings_disable

- icloud_bookmarks_disable

- icloud_calendar_disable

- icloud_drive_disable

- icloud_freeform_disable

- icloud_game_center_disable

- icloud_keychain_disable

- icloud_mail_disable

- icloud_notes_disable

- icloud_photos_disable

- icloud_private_relay_disable

- icloud_reminders_disable

- icloud_sync_disable

- section: "macos"

rules:

- os_account_modification_disable

- os_airdrop_disable

- os_anti_virus_installed

- os_appleid_prompt_disable

- os_authenticated_root_enable

- os_bonjour_disable

- os_config_data_install_enforce

- os_dictation_disable

- os_directory_services_configured

- os_ess_installed

- os_filevault_autologin_disable

- os_gatekeeper_enable

- os_handoff_disable

- os_home_folders_secure

- os_httpd_disable

- os_icloud_storage_prompt_disable

- os_install_log_retention_configure

- os_iphone_mirroring_disable

- os_ir_support_disable

- os_library_validation_enabled

- os_mdm_require

- os_mobile_file_integrity_enable

- os_nfsd_disable

- os_on_device_dictation_enforce

- os_password_hint_remove

- os_password_proximity_disable

- os_password_sharing_disable

- os_power_nap_disable

- os_privacy_setup_prompt_disable

- os_root_disable

- os_safari_advertising_privacy_protection_enable

- os_safari_open_safe_downloads_disable

- os_safari_prevent_cross-site_tracking_enable

- os_safari_show_full_website_address_enable

- os_safari_show_status_bar_enabled

- os_safari_warn_fraudulent_website_enable

- os_setup_assistant_filevault_enforce

- os_sip_enable

- os_siri_prompt_disable

- os_skip_apple_intelligence_enable

- os_skip_unlock_with_watch_enable

- os_sleep_and_display_sleep_apple_silicon_enable

- os_software_update_app_update_enforce

- os_sudo_log_enforce

- os_sudo_timeout_configure

- os_sudoers_timestamp_type_configure

- os_system_wide_applications_configure

- os_terminal_secure_keyboard_enable

- os_tftpd_disable

- os_time_server_enabled

- os_touchid_prompt_disable

- os_unlock_active_user_session_disable

- os_uucp_disable

- os_world_writable_library_folder_configure

- os_world_writable_system_folder_configure

- section: "passwordpolicy"

rules:

- pwpolicy_account_inactivity_enforce

- pwpolicy_account_lockout_enforce

- pwpolicy_account_lockout_timeout_enforce

- pwpolicy_alpha_numeric_enforce

- pwpolicy_custom_regex_enforce

- pwpolicy_history_enforce

- pwpolicy_max_lifetime_enforce

- pwpolicy_minimum_length_enforce

- pwpolicy_minimum_lifetime_enforce

- pwpolicy_simple_sequence_disable

- pwpolicy_special_character_enforce

- section: "systemsettings"

rules:

- system_settings_airplay_receiver_disable

- system_settings_automatic_login_disable

- system_settings_bluetooth_disable

- system_settings_bluetooth_menu_enable

- system_settings_bluetooth_settings_disable

- system_settings_bluetooth_sharing_disable

- system_settings_content_caching_disable

- system_settings_critical_update_install_enforce

- system_settings_diagnostics_reports_disable

- system_settings_download_software_update_enforce

- system_settings_external_intelligence_disable

- system_settings_external_intelligence_sign_in_disable

- system_settings_filevault_enforce

- system_settings_find_my_disable

- system_settings_firewall_enable

- system_settings_firewall_stealth_mode_enable

- system_settings_guest_access_smb_disable

- system_settings_guest_account_disable

- system_settings_hot_corners_secure

- system_settings_improve_assistive_voice_disable

- system_settings_improve_search_disable

- system_settings_improve_siri_dictation_disable

- system_settings_install_macos_updates_enforce

- system_settings_internet_accounts_disable

- system_settings_internet_sharing_disable

- system_settings_location_services_enable

- system_settings_loginwindow_loginwindowtext_enable

- system_settings_loginwindow_prompt_username_password_enforce

- system_settings_media_sharing_disabled

- system_settings_password_hints_disable

- system_settings_personalized_advertising_disable

- system_settings_printer_sharing_disable

- system_settings_rae_disable

- system_settings_remote_management_disable

- system_settings_screen_sharing_disable

- system_settings_screensaver_ask_for_password_delay_enforce

- system_settings_screensaver_timeout_enforce

- system_settings_security_update_install

- system_settings_siri_disable

- system_settings_siri_listen_disable

- system_settings_siri_settings_disable

- system_settings_smbd_disable

- system_settings_software_update_download_enforce

- system_settings_softwareupdate_current

- system_settings_ssh_disable

- system_settings_system_wide_preferences_configure

- system_settings_time_machine_auto_backup_enable

- system_settings_time_machine_encrypted_configure

- system_settings_time_server_configure

- system_settings_time_server_enforce

- system_settings_touch_id_settings_disable

- system_settings_wake_network_access_disable

- system_settings_wallet_applepay_settings_disable

- system_settings_wifi_disable

- system_settings_wifi_menu_enable

- section: "Inherent"

rules:

- os_logical_access

- os_malicious_code_prevention

- os_mfa_network_access

- os_obscure_password

- os_store_encrypted_passwords

- os_unique_identification

- pwpolicy_force_password_change

- section: "Permanent"

rules:

- audit_off_load_records

- os_auth_peripherals

- os_secure_name_resolution

- section: "not_applicable"

rules:

- os_access_control_mobile_devices

- section: "Supplemental"

rules:

- supplemental_filevault

- supplemental_password_policy