Apple macOS

This CIS Benchmark is the product of a community consensus process and consists of secure configuration guidelines developed for Apple macOS

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Recent versions available for CIS Benchmark:

Apple macOS 15.0 Sequoia (1.0.0)

Apple macOS 14.0 Sonoma (2.0.0)

Apple macOS 14.0 Sonoma Cloud-tailored (1.0.0)

Apple macOS 13.0 Ventura (3.0.0)

Apple macOS 13.0 Ventura Cloud-tailored (1.1.0)

Apple macOS 12.0 Monterey (3.1.0)

Apple macOS 12.0 Monterey Cloud-tailored (1.0.0)

Apple macOS 11.0 (1.2.0)

Apple macOS 11.0 Big Sur (4.0.0)

Apple macOS 10.15 (1.4.0)

Apple macOS 10.15 Catalina (3.0.0)

Apple macOS 10.14 (1.4.0)

Apple macOS 10.14 Mojave (2.0.0)

Apple macOS 10.13 (1.1.0)

Apple macOS 10.12 (1.2.0)

Apple OSX 10.12 (1.0.0)

Apple OSX 10.11 (1.1.0)

Apple OSX 10.10 (1.2.0)

Apple OSX 10.9 (1.3.0)

Apple OSX 10.8 (1.3.0)

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Recent versions available for CIS-CAT Pro:

Apple macOS 15.0 Sequoia (1.0.0)

Apple macOS 14.0 Sonoma (2.0.0)

Apple macOS 13.0 Ventura (3.0.0)

Apple macOS 13.0 Ventura Cloud-tailored (1.1.0)

Apple macOS 12.0 Monterey Cloud-tailored (1.0.0)

Apple macOS 11.0 Big Sur (4.0.0)

Apple macOS 10.15 Catalina (3.0.0)

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Automate your hardening efforts for Apple macOS using Group Policy Objects (GPOs) for Microsoft Windows and Bash shell scripts for Unix and Linux environments.

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Recent versions available for CIS Build Kits:

Apple macOS 14.0 Sonoma (1.0.0)

Apple macOS 13.0 Ventura (2.0.0)

Apple macOS 12.0 Monterey (3.0.0)

Apple macOS 11.0 Big Sur (4.0.0)

Apple macOS 10.15 Catalina (2.1.0)

Apple macOS 10.14 Mojave (2.0.0)

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Virtual machine (VM) images that are pre-configured to meet the robust security recommendations of the associated CIS Apple macOS Benchmark.

Available CIS Hardened Images

Recent versions available for CIS Hardened Images:

Apple macOS 13.0 Ventura

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