macOS Security Compliance Project (mSCP) Archives

The macOS Security Compliance Project : macOS Security Compliance tool(s)

December 31, 2021Apple, macOS Security Compliance Project (mSCP)NIST, Security

The macOS Security Compliance Project (mSCP) provides a programmatic approach to generating security guidance. The project uses a set of tested and validated controls that map(s) these controls against any security guide supported by the project.

Ensure Security Auditing Is Enabled

February 29, 2024macOS Security Compliance Project (mSCP)Audit, Federal Compliance, Splunk

Enable Auditing $ /usr/bin/sudo /bin/launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.auditd.plist Read Auditing Setting LAUNCHD_RUNNING=$(/bin/launchctl list | /usr/bin/grep -c com.apple.auditd) AUDITD_RUNNING=$(/usr/sbin/audit -c | /usr/bin/grep -c "AUC_AUDITING") if [[ $LAUNCHD_RUNNING == 1 ]] &&…

Developing Your Mac Compliance Strategy Generating Baselines and Guidance

May 19, 2023macOS Security Compliance Project (mSCP), TrainingCenter for Internet Security, education, Federal Compliance, link, NIST, Security, STIG, training

The Apple Deployment and Management exam doesn’t test you on the learning objectives covered in this tutorial. Link: https://it-training.apple.com/tutorials/deployment/sec020

Jamf Compliance Editor

November 2, 2022macOS Security Compliance Project (mSCP)app, Jamf Pro, mSCP, NIST

Jamf Compliance Editor is a tool that provides macOS system administrators with an easy way to establish and manage compliance baselines on their fleet of macOS devices. This tool is…

mSCP jamf scripts

August 29, 2022Apple, macOS Security Compliance Project (mSCP)automation, Jamf Pro, MDM, NIST, Security, STIG

Bob Gendler one of the macOS Security Compliance Project (mSCP) Authors has posted some (FANTASTIC) scripts that will help integrate your mSCP project into a jamf instance. This will help…

NIST SP 800-219 macOS Security Compliance Project (mSCP) Guidance

February 22, 2022Apple, macOS Security Compliance Project (mSCP)automation, macOS 12, Security, STIG

Apple; baseline; configuration management; endpoint device security; macOS; macOS Security Compliance Project (mSCP); operating system security; security compliance. https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/SpecialPublications/NIST.SP.800-219-draft.pdf This publication is available free of charge from: https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-219-draft Jamf Pro…