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NIST SP 800-219 Rev. 1 (Initial Public Draft)

Automated Secure Configuration Guidance from the macOS Security Compliance Project (mSCP)

Date Published: March 13, 2023
Comments Due: April 27, 2023 (public comment period is CLOSED)
Email Questions to: applesec@nist.gov

Author(s)

Mark Trapnell (NIST), Eric Trapnell (NIST), Murugiah Souppaya (NIST), Bob Gendler (NIST), Karen Scarfone (Scarfone Cybersecurity)

Announcement

This draft revision of NIST SP 800-219 provides resources that system administrators, security professionals, security policy authors, information security officers, and auditors can leverage to secure and assess macOS desktop and laptop system security in an automated way.

This publication introduces the mSCP, describes use cases for leveraging the mSCP content, and introduces a new feature of the mSCP that allows organizations to customize security rules more easily. The draft also gives an overview of the resources available on the project’s GitHub site, which provides practical, actionable recommendations in the form of secure baselines and associated rules and is continuously updated to support each new release of macOS.

NOTE: A call for patent claims is included on page ii of this draft. For additional information, see the Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) Patent Policy--Inclusion of Patents in ITL Publications.

Abstract

Keywords

Apple; baseline; configuration management; endpoint device security; macOS; macOS Security Compliance Project (mSCP); operating system security; security compliance
Control Families

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Documentation

Publication:
https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-219r1.ipd
Download URL

Supplemental Material:
mSCP GitHub site
mSCP project documentation

Document History:
03/13/23: SP 800-219 Rev. 1 (Draft)
07/20/23: SP 800-219 Rev. 1 (Final)