Audit History and Remove History Items

LowLevel 2Manual reviewmacos

Description

Organizational management of user web browsing history is a challenge affected by multiple facets. Organizations should decide whether to manage browser history and how much history should be maintained.

How it is checked

Audit method: Manual review

This recommendation cannot be checked automatically. A scan lists it with these instructions when you pass --include-manual.

GUI: System Settings > General > Device Management > Verify that an installed profile has HistoryAgeInDaysLimit set to your organization's requirements. Terminal: sudo /usr/sbin/system_profiler SPConfigurationProfileDataType | /usr/bin/grep HistoryAgeInDaysLimit | /usr/bin/tr -d ' ' The output will be HistoryAgeInDaysLimit = followed by your organizations requirements.

How it is fixed

Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch

Profile (preferred): com.apple.Safari HistoryAgeInDaysLimit = <integer><1,7,14,31,365,36500></integer>.

Properties

Operating systems: macos-15
Tags: macosapplications
Reference: CIS Apple macOS 15.0 Sequoia Benchmark v2.1.0 - 6.3.2 Audit History and Remove History Items