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Catalina - Enforce Screen Saver

Information

A default screen saver _MUST_ be configured to display and _MUST_ not display any sensitive information.

Solution

This is implemented by a Configuration Profile.

mobileconfig profile info:

com.apple.screensaver.user:
modulePath:
/System/Library/Screen Savers/Flurry.saver

See Also

https://github.com/usnistgov/macos_security

Item Details

Audit Name: NIST macOS Catalina v1.5.0 - All Profiles

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-11(1), CCE|CCE-84921-6, CCI|CCI-000060, STIG-ID|AOSX-15-000006

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 5b760f4f7b093b9e2c94d4100a65683b6ef7cdbe889a341a210a8ab65a9b5be2

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