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APPL-26-005054 The macOS system must disable the TouchID prompt during Setup Assistant.

DISA STIG library V1R4
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first version loaded CAT II

Maps to CM-7 via CCI-000381

Title

The macOS system must disable the TouchID prompt during Setup Assistant.

Control

Verify the macOS system is configured to disable the TouchID prompt during Setup Assistant with the following command: /usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript 2>/dev/null << EOS $.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.SetupAssistant.managed')\ .objectForKey('SkipSetupItems').containsObject("Biometric") EOS If the result is not "true", this is a finding.

Discussion

The prompt for TouchID during Setup Assistant must be disabled. macOS prompts new users through enabling TouchID during Setup Assistant; this is not essential and, therefore, must be disabled to prevent the risk of individuals electing to enable TouchID to override organizationwide settings.

Related controls

CCI-000381

Fix

Configure the macOS system to disable the TouchID prompt during Setup Assistant by installing the "com.apple.SetupAssistant.managed" configuration profile.