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macOS APPL-26-005001

DISA STIG APPL-26-005001 (CAT I): The macOS system must ensure System Integrity Protection (SIP) is enabled.

DISA STIG recommends

APPL-26-005001 CAT I

The macOS system must ensure System Integrity Protection (SIP) is enabled.

NIST SP 800-53: AC-3, AU-6(4), AU-7, AU-7(1), AU-9, AU-9(3), AU-12, CM-5, CM-5(6), SC-4, SI-2, SI-7

mSCP rule os_sip_enable · in 800-171, 800-53r5_high, 800-53r5_low, 800-53r5_moderate, DISA-STIG, all_rules, cis_lvl1, cis_lvl2…

Check

Verify the macOS system is configured to enable SIP with the following command: /usr/bin/csrutil status | /usr/bin/grep -c 'System Integrity Protection status: enabled.' If the result is not "1", this is a finding.

Fix

To configure the macOS system to enable SIP, boot into "Recovery" mode, launch "Terminal" from the "Utilities" menu, and run the following command: /usr/bin/csrutil enable

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