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Big Sur - Hide the System Preference Pane for Touch ID

Information

The system preference pane for Touch ID _MUST_ be hidden.

Hiding the system preference pane prevents the users from configuring Touch ID.

Solution

This is implemented by a Configuration Profile.

mobileconfig profile info:

com.apple.systempreferences:
 HiddenPreferencePanes:
 com.apple.preferences.password

See Also

https://github.com/usnistgov/macos_security

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-7, 800-53|CM-7(5), 800-53|CM-7(5)(b), 800-53|CM-7a., CCE|CCE-85489-3, CCI|CCI-000381, CCI|CCI-001774, STIG-ID|APPL-11-002051

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 669203cbdaf17a33cee883b655b7b01a3c7dc0cf24b2ee306814c5d599ec522b