2.9.1.2 Ensure Sleep and Display Sleep Is Enabled on Apple Silicon Devices

Information

MacBooks should be set so that the sleep is 15 minutes or less and the display should sleep at 10 minutes or less. This setting should allow laptop users in most cases to stay within physically secured areas while going to a conference room, auditorium, or other internal location without having to unlock the encryption. When the user goes home at night, the laptop will auto-sleep after 15 minutes and log back into the system when it resumes.

Laptops should sleep 15 minutes or less after sleeping.

Solution

Terminal Method:

Run the following command to set the sleep time and hibernate mode:

% /usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/pmset -a sleep <value<=15>
% /usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/pmset -a displaysleep <value<=10 &amp; < value of sleep>

example

:

% /usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/pmset -a sleep 15
% /usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/pmset -a displaysleep 10

Impact:

The laptop will take additional time to resume normal operation from sleep.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/18636

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