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os_skip_unlock_with_watch_enable Disable Unlock with Apple Watch During Setup Assistant

NIST macOS Security Compliance Project Sequoia Guidance, Revision 4.0 (be5491f)
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Title

Disable Unlock with Apple Watch During Setup Assistant

Control

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

Discussion

The prompt for Apple Watch unlock setup during Setup Assistant _MUST_ be disabled.

Disabling Apple watches is a necessary step to ensuring that the information system retains a session lock until the user reestablishes access using an authorized identification and authentication procedures.

Related controls

ac-20

Fix

This is implemented by a Configuration Profile.