2.5.2 Disable sleeping the computer when connected to power

Information

The ability to apply security patches and perform vulnerability assessments on the system is reduced when the system is sleeping.

Solution

In System Preferences: Energy Saver, drag the slider for 'Put the computer to sleep...' to never.
Alternatively, use the following command:
sudo /usr/bin/pmset -c sleep 0

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/300

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-11, CSCv6|16.5

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 4e87de4feebd198e6536c241ab536e72a4c34c002132f2e67ae38720e1622def