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system_settings_critical_update_install_enforce Enforce Critical Security Updates to be Installed

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

Enforce Critical Security Updates to be Installed

Control

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

Discussion

Ensure that security updates are installed as soon as they are available from Apple.

Related controls

si-2

Fix

This is implemented by a Configuration Profile.