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os_config_data_install_enforce Enforce Installation of XProtect Remediator and Gatekeeper Updates Automatically

NIST macOS Security Compliance Project Sequoia Guidance, Revision 4.0 (be5491f)
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first version loaded macOS

Title

Enforce Installation of XProtect Remediator and Gatekeeper Updates Automatically

Control

/usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript << EOS
$.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.SoftwareUpdate')\
.objectForKey('ConfigDataInstall').js
EOS

Discussion

Software Update _MUST_ be configured to update XProtect Remediator and Gatekeeper automatically.

This setting enforces definition updates for XProtect Remediator and Gatekeeper; with this setting in place, new malware and adware that Apple has added to the list of malware or untrusted software will not execute. These updates do not require the computer to be restarted.

link:https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207005[]

NOTE: Software update will automatically update XProtect Remediator and Gatekeeper by default in the macOS.

Related controls

si-2.5, si-3

Fix

This is implemented by a Configuration Profile.