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DISA Apple macOS 26 Tahoe STIG v1r2

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Audit Details

Name: DISA Apple macOS 26 Tahoe STIG v1r2

Updated: 9/3/2026

Authority: DISA STIG

Plugin: Unix

Revision: 1.2

Estimated Item Count: 161

File Details

Filename: DISA_STIG_Apple_macOS_26_Tahoe_v1r2.audit

Size: 253 kB

MD5: 7f6ae93d6e5f1541d99aff5ea95c78ae
SHA256: cbd4ef75a35645a18aa3dbbacc6926a47d82b0b4dd384a250cc4a74712ec7d94

Audit Items

DescriptionCategories
APPL-26-000001 - The macOS system must prevent Apple Watch from terminating a session lock.
APPL-26-000002 - The macOS system must enforce screen saver password.
APPL-26-000003 - The macOS system must enforce session lock no more than five seconds after screen saver is started.
APPL-26-000005 - The macOS system must configure user session lock when a smart token is removed.
APPL-26-000007 - The macOS system must disable hot corners.
APPL-26-000009 - The macOS system must prevent AdminHostInfo from being available at LoginWindow.
APPL-26-000012 - The macOS system must automatically remove or disable temporary or emergency user accounts within 72 hours.
APPL-26-000014 - The macOS system must enforce time synchronization.
APPL-26-000022 - The macOS system must limit consecutive failed login attempts to three.
APPL-26-000023 - The macOS system must display a policy banner at remote login.
APPL-26-000024 - The macOS system must enforce SSH to display a policy banner.
APPL-26-000025 - The macOS system must display the Standard Mandatory DOD Notice and Consent Banner at the login window.
APPL-26-000030 - The macOS system must configure audit log files to not contain access control lists (ACLs).
APPL-26-000031 - The macOS system must configure the audit log folder to not contain access control lists (ACLs).
APPL-26-000033 - The macOS system must disable FileVault automatic login.
APPL-26-000051 - The macOS system must configure SSHD ClientAliveInterval to 900.
APPL-26-000052 - The macOS system must configure SSHD ClientAliveCountMax to 1.
APPL-26-000053 - The macOS system must set login grace time to 30.
APPL-26-000054 - The macOS system must limit SSHD to FIPS-compliant connections.
APPL-26-000057 - The macOS system must limit SSH to FIPS-compliant connections.
APPL-26-000060 - The macOS system must set account lockout time to 15 minutes.
APPL-26-000070 - The macOS system must enforce screen saver timeout.
APPL-26-000090 - The macOS system must disable login to other users' active and locked sessions.
APPL-26-000100 - The macOS system must disable root login.
APPL-26-000110 - The macOS system must configure the SSH ServerAliveInterval to 900.
APPL-26-000120 - The macOS system must configure SSHD channel timeout to 900.
APPL-26-000130 - The macOS system must configure SSHD unused connection timeout to 900.
APPL-26-000140 - The macOS system must set SSH Active Server Alive Maximum to 0.
APPL-26-000160 - The macOS system must enforce auto logout after 86400 seconds of inactivity.
APPL-26-000170 - The macOS system must be configured to use an authorized time server.
APPL-26-000180 - The macOS system must enable the time synchronization daemon.
APPL-26-000190 - The macOS system must configure sudo to log events.
APPL-26-001001 - The macOS system must be configured to audit all administrative action events.
APPL-26-001002 - The macOS system must be configured to audit all login and logout events.
APPL-26-001003 - The macOS system must enable security auditing.
APPL-26-001012 - The macOS system must configure audit log files to be owned by root.
APPL-26-001013 - The macOS system must configure audit log folders to be owned by root.
APPL-26-001014 - The macOS system must configure the audit log files group to wheel.
APPL-26-001015 - The macOS system must configure the audit log folders group to wheel.
APPL-26-001016 - The macOS system must configure audit log files to mode 440 or less permissive.
APPL-26-001017 - The macOS system must configure audit log folders to mode 700 or less permissive.
APPL-26-001020 - The macOS system must be configured to audit all deletions of object attributes.
APPL-26-001021 - The macOS system must be configured to audit all changes of object attributes.
APPL-26-001022 - The macOS system must be configured to audit all failed read actions on the system.
APPL-26-001023 - The macOS system must be configured to audit all failed write actions on the system.
APPL-26-001024 - The macOS system must be configured to audit all failed program execution on the system.
APPL-26-001029 - The macOS system must configure audit retention to seven days.
APPL-26-001030 - The macOS system must configure audit capacity warning.
APPL-26-001031 - The macOS system must configure audit failure notification.
APPL-26-001044 - The macOS system must be configured to audit all authorization and authentication events.