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icloud_appleid_system_settings_disable Disable the System Setting for Apple ID

NIST macOS Security Compliance Project Sequoia Guidance, Revision 4.0 (be5491f)
All changes in this version
first version loaded iCloud

Title

Disable the System Setting for Apple ID

Control

/usr/bin/profiles show -output stdout-xml | /usr/bin/xmllint --xpath '//key[text()="DisabledSystemSettings"]/following-sibling::*[1]' - | /usr/bin/grep -c "com.apple.systempreferences.AppleIDSettings"

Discussion

The system setting for Apple ID _MUST_ be disabled.

Disabling the system setting prevents login to Apple ID and iCloud.

Related controls

ac-20, ac-20.1, cm-7, cm-7.1

Fix

This is implemented by a Configuration Profile.