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system_settings_software_update_download_enforce Enforce Software Update Downloads Updates Automatically

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

Title

Enforce Software Update Downloads Updates Automatically

Control

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

Discussion

Software Update _MUST_ be configured to enforce automatic downloads of updates is enabled.

Fix

This is implemented by a Configuration Profile.