title: System Policy Control
description: ''
payload:
  payloadtype: com.apple.systempolicy.control
  supportedOS:
    iOS:
      introduced: n/a
    macOS:
      introduced: '10.8'
      multiple: true
      devicechannel: true
      userchannel: false
      requiresdep: false
      userapprovedmdm: false
      allowmanualinstall: true
      userenrollment:
        mode: forbidden
    tvOS:
      introduced: n/a
    visionOS:
      introduced: n/a
    watchOS:
      introduced: n/a
  content: Provides a way of enabling System Policy assessment processing. This corresponds
    to the Gatekeeper UI in the Security pref pane.
payloadkeys:
- key: EnableAssessment
  type: <boolean>
  presence: optional
  content: If 'true', enables Gatekeeper. If 'false', disables Gatekeeper.
- key: AllowIdentifiedDevelopers
  type: <boolean>
  presence: optional
  content: |-
    If 'true', enables Gatekeeper's “Mac App Store and identified developers” option.
    If 'false', enables Gatekeeper's “Mac App Store” option.
    If the value of 'EnableAssessment' isn't set to 'true', this key has no effect.
- key: EnableXProtectMalwareUpload
  supportedOS:
    macOS:
      introduced: '15.0'
  type: <boolean>
  presence: optional
  content: If 'false', prevents Gatekeeper from prompting the user to upload blocked
    malware to Apple for purposes of improving malware detection.