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system_settings_external_intelligence_disable Disable External Intelligence Integrations

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

Disable External Intelligence Integrations

Control

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

Discussion

Integration with external intelligence systems _MUST_ be disabled unless approved by the organization. Disabling external intelligence integration will mitigate the risk of data being sent to unapproved third party.

The information system _MUST_ be configured to provide only essential capabilities.

Related controls

ac-20, cm-7, cm-7.1

Fix

This is implemented by a Configuration Profile.