The operating system must employ automated mechanisms to centrally manage configuration settings.

From Apple OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) Workstation STIG

Associated with: CCI-000370

SV-65607r1_rule The operating system must employ automated mechanisms to centrally manage configuration settings.

Vulnerability discussion

Configuration settings are the configurable security-related parameters of information technology products that are part of the information system. Security-related parameters are those parameters impacting the security state of the system including parameters related to meeting other security control requirements. Security-related parameters include, for example, registry settings; account, file, and directory settings (i.e., permissions); and settings for services, ports, protocols, and remote connections. Rather than visiting each system when making configuration changes, organizations must employ automated tools that can make changes across all systems. This greatly increases efficiency and manageability of applications in a large scale environment.

Check content

To check if the computer has a configuration profile applied to the workstation, run the following command: sudo profiles -H If there are no profiles installed, this is a finding.

Fix text

Obtain a configuration profile from an MDM or trusted provider containing the configuration settings required to be applied.

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