Big Sur - Enforce Screen Saver Timeout

Information

The screen saver timeout _MUST_ be set to 15 minutes or a shorter length of time.

This rule ensures that a full session lock is triggered within no more than 15 minutes of inactivity.

Solution

This is implemented by a Configuration Profile.

mobileconfig profile info:

com.apple.screensaver:
idleTime:
900

See Also

https://github.com/usnistgov/macos_security

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL, IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

References: 800-53|AC-11, 800-53|AC-11a., 800-53|IA-11, CCE|CCE-85444-8, CCI|CCI-000057, STIG-ID|APPL-11-000004

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 739a0fc2ef4b5d025090443d018ed4266fbb9ad156312490b2b5aaf1ee7bc3aa