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system_settings_background_security_improvement_removal_disable Disable rollback of Background Security Improvements using DDM.

NIST macOS Security Compliance Project Tahoe Guidance, Revision 3.0 (cf656e8)
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Title

Disable rollback of Background Security Improvements using DDM.

Control

/usr/bin/plutil -convert json /var/db/softwareupdate/SoftwareUpdateDDMStatePersistence.plist -o - | /usr/bin/jq --raw-output .'SUCorePersistedStatePolicyFields.SUCoreDDMDeclarationGlobalSettings.enableRapidSecurityResponseRollback'

Discussion

The ability for the user to roll back Background Security Improvements _MUST_ be disabled.

Related controls

si-2, si-2.5, si-3

Fix

This is implemented by Declarative Device Management (DDM).