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Catalina - Disable Siri

Information

Support for Siri is non-essential and _MUST_ be disabled.

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

Solution

This is implemented by a Configuration Profile.

mobileconfig profile info:

com.apple.ironwood.support:
Ironwood Allowed:
False

See Also

https://github.com/usnistgov/macos_security

Item Details

Audit Name: NIST macOS Catalina v1.5.0 - 800-53r4 Moderate

Category: ACCESS CONTROL, CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

References: 800-53|AC-20, 800-53|CM-7, 800-53|CM-7(1), 800-53|CM-7(5)(b), 800-53|CM-7a., 800-53|SC-7(10), CCE|CCE-84843-2, CCI|CCI-000381, CCI|CCI-001774, STIG-ID|AOSX-15-002020

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 99ee8a516a38d91c8fbff0087496bd6f7b3c2716ee41d2c168ea715659a7cbed

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