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The macOS system must ensure System Integrity Protection (SIP) is enabled.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-277165APPL-26-005001SV-277165r1149180_ruleCCI-000154high
Description
SIP is vital to protecting the integrity of the system as it prevents malicious users and software from making unauthorized and/or unintended modifications to protected files and folders; ensures the presence of an audit record generation capability for defined auditable events for all operating system components; protects audit tools from unauthorized access, modification, and deletion; restricts the root user account and limits the actions that the root user can perform on protected parts of the macOS; and prevents nonprivileged users from granting other users direct access to the contents of their home directories and folders. Note: SIP is enabled by default in macOS. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000051-GPOS-00024, SRG-OS-000054-GPOS-00025, SRG-OS-000057-GPOS-00027, SRG-OS-000058-GPOS-00028, SRG-OS-000059-GPOS-00029, SRG-OS-000062-GPOS-00031, SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048, SRG-OS-000122-GPOS-00063, SRG-OS-000138-GPOS-00069, SRG-OS-000256-GPOS-00097, SRG-OS-000257-GPOS-00098, SRG-OS-000258-GPOS-00099, SRG-OS-000259-GPOS-00100, SRG-OS-000278-GPOS-00108, SRG-OS-000350-GPOS-00138
STIGDate
Apple macOS 26 (Tahoe) Security Technical Implementation Guide2026-05-23

Related Frameworks

15 mappings across 5 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (48) 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.

CFG-02Secure Baseline Configurations
1.00
CHG-04.5Library Privileges
1.00
CRY-01Use of Cryptographic Controls
1.00
CRY-01.1Alternate Physical Protection
1.00
CRY-03Transmission Confidentiality
1.00
CRY-04Transmission Integrity
1.00
CRY-05Encrypting Data At Rest
1.00
DCH-01Data Protection
1.00
END-01Endpoint Device Management (EDM)
1.00
END-04Malicious Code Protection (Anti-Malware)
1.00

+38 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (100) 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-10Concurrent Session Control
1.00
AC-16Security and Privacy Attributes
1.00
AC-17(1)Monitoring and Control
1.00
AC-17(10)Authenticate Remote Commands
1.00
AC-17(2)Protection of Confidentiality and Integrity Using Encryption
1.00
AC-18(1)Authentication and Encryption
1.00
AC-2(1)Automated System Account Management
1.00
AC-2(10)Shared and Group Account Credential Change
1.00
AC-2(11)Usage Conditions
1.00
AC-2(2)Automated Temporary and Emergency Account Management
1.00

+90 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

NIST 800-1710 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (7) 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.

3.1.1
1.00
3.1.2
1.00
3.13.4
1.00
3.3.1
1.00
3.3.2
1.00
3.3.6
1.00
3.3.8
1.00
CCI15 mappings
CCI-000154
1.00
CCI-000158
1.00
CCI-000162
1.00
CCI-000163
1.00
CCI-000164
1.00
CCI-000169
1.00
CCI-000213
1.00
CCI-001090
1.00
CCI-001493
1.00
CCI-001494
1.00

+5 more (top 10 by weight shown)

NIST CSF 2.00 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (12) 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.

DE.CM-01
1.00
DE.CM-03
1.00
DE.CM-09
1.00
PR.AA-05
1.00
PR.DS-01
1.00
PR.DS-02
1.00
PR.DS-10
1.00
PR.IR-01
1.00
PR.PS-04
1.00
RS.AN-03
1.00

+2 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

Who does this work

22 NICE work roles and 11 EC-Council certifications.

This is an inference across published mappings, not a single claim by anyone. This check maps to a control, which maps to a Cybersecurity Framework outcome, which NIST assigns to the work roles below. EC-Council separately maps its certifications to those same roles.

A certification prepares someone for a role. It is not evidence that a holder is qualified, and neither NIST nor EC-Council has stated that any certification here addresses this check.

Work-role assignments published by NIST (NICE Framework Components 2.2.0 and the CSF 2.0 OLIR crosswalk). Certification mappings published by EC-Council.

Details

Check Text (C-277165r1149180_chk)

Verify the macOS system is configured to enable SIP with the following command: /usr/bin/csrutil status | /usr/bin/grep -c 'System Integrity Protection status: enabled.' If the result is not "1", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-81225r1149179_fix)

To configure the macOS system to enable SIP, boot into "Recovery" mode, launch "Terminal" from the "Utilities" menu, and run the following command: /usr/bin/csrutil enable