APPL-11-000003 - The macOS system must initiate the session lock no more than five seconds after a screen saver is started.

Information

A screen saver must be enabled and set to require a password to unlock. An excessive grace period impacts the ability for a session to be truly locked, requiring authentication to unlock.

Solution

This setting is enforced using the 'Login Window Policy' configuration profile.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Apple_macOS_11_V1R5_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-11b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000056, Rule-ID|SV-230745r599842_rule, STIG-ID|APPL-11-000003, Vuln-ID|V-230745

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 004dfb47f2c6944922756e8673598c64b310ee0ba08aada4fd4b98365b33b42a