The macOS system must enable time synchronization daemon.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-259451	APPL-14-000180	SV-259451r1038944_rule	CCI-004923	medium
Description
The macOS time synchronization daemon (timed) must be enabled for proper time synchronization to an authorized time server. Note: The time synchronization daemon is enabled by default on macOS. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000355-GPOS-00143,SRG-OS-000356-GPOS-00144
STIG			Date
Apple macOS 14 (Sonoma) Security Technical Implementation Guide			2024-12-04

Related Frameworks

5 mappings across 4 frameworks

SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (1) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

MON-07.1Synchronization With Authoritative Time Source

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
SCF Secure Traceability Relationship Mapping (STRM)2026.2equal to

NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (15) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

AC-17(9)Disconnect or Disable Access

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2intersects(normalised)
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DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AC-2(3)Disable Accounts

1.00

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DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R3intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AU-8Time Stamps

1.00

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AU-8(1)Synchronization with Authoritative Time Source

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AU-8(2)Secondary Authoritative Time Source

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)3our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)3intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AU-9Protection of Audit Information

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R3our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R3intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

CM-6Configuration Settings

1.00

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CM-6(1)Automated Management, Application, and Verification

1.00

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DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R3intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

IA-2(6)Access to Accounts —separate Device

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R3our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R3intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

IA-3(1)Cryptographic Bidirectional Authentication

1.00

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DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

+5 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

NIST 800-1710 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (1) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

3.3.7

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
NIST SP 800-171 Rev 2, Appendix DRev 2 (Feb 2020, errata Jan 2021)equal to(normalised)

CCI5 mappings

CCI-001891

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2intersects(normalised)

CCI-002046

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2intersects(normalised)

CCI-004922

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2intersects(normalised)

CCI-004923

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2intersects(normalised)

CCI-004926

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2intersects(normalised)

Details

Check Text (C-259451r1038944_chk)

Verify the macOS system is configured to enable time synchronization daemon with the following command: /bin/launchctl list | /usr/bin/grep -c com.apple.timed If the result is not "1", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-63098r940974_fix)

Configure the macOS system to enable time synchronization daemon with the following command: /bin/launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.timed.plist