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spctl

Manage the security assessment policy subsystem, Gatekeeper settings, and control which apps are allowed to run on the system.

Defense Impairment
Path
/usr/sbin/spctl
Author
Brendan Chamberlain (@infosecB)
Created
2023-05-23

Example Use Cases 1

Disable Gatekeeper #

The --master-disable switch disables Gatekeeper. The command must be run with root/sudo permission.

sudo spctl --master-disable
Defense Impairment T1553.001 gatekeeper

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