Catalina - Enforce Screen Saver Timeout

Information

The screen saver timeout _MUST_ be set to 15 minutes.

This rule ensures that a full session lock is triggered after 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-84788-9, CCI|CCI-000057, STIG-ID|AOSX-15-000004

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 702ec26dc48464b520fac9fc4214a483a225e0d328e34c8c23b2eb50b52acf72