The macOS system must disable TouchID prompt during Setup Assistant.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-259564	APPL-14-005054	SV-259564r941314_rule		Medium

Description
The prompt for TouchID during Setup Assistant must be disabled. macOS prompts new users through enabling TouchID during Setup Assistant; this is not essential, and therefore must be disabled to prevent against the risk of individuals electing to enable TouchID to override organizationwide settings.

STIG	Date
Apple macOS 14 (Sonoma) Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-01-10

Details

Check Text ( C-63303r941312_chk )
Verify the macOS system is configured to disable TouchID prompt during Setup Assistant with the following command: /usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript << EOS $.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.SetupAssistant.managed')\ .objectForKey('SkipTouchIDSetup').js EOS If the result is not "true", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-63211r941313_fix)
Configure the macOS system to disable TouchID prompt during Setup Assistant by installing the "com.apple.SetupAssistant.managed" configuration profile.