What the check tells you
Cybee compares 118 settings on each Mac with the CIS Benchmark and tells you which ones are off. Checking is free on every Mac, and it changes nothing.
What is the CIS Benchmark?
Where the checks come from.
The CIS Benchmark is a public, industry maintained list of the safest settings for macOS. Many compliance frameworks accept it as a baseline for secure settings.
Cybee follows the public benchmark. It has no formal relationship with CIS, the group that publishes it.
118 CIS Benchmark checks. 10 compliance frameworks reported, technical controls only.
What does hardening mean?
What hardening means.
Your Mac has its own safety switches, such as disk encryption, screen lock and Gatekeeper, which lets only known apps open. Hardening means setting them the way the CIS Benchmark says, and keeping them there.
This site calls it safer settings.
Mira’s MacBook Air26.09.2026 · 09:41
- Disk lockedFileVaultOn
- Only known apps openGatekeeperOn
- Screen locks when you leaveScreen lockOff
117 of 118 checks hold.
| The answer says | What it means | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| On | The setting is the safe way. | Nothing. |
| Off | The check failed. The setting is not the safe way. | Read the proposed change, then let the owner decide. |
| Not observed | Cybee has not heard from that Mac lately, for example because it is offline. That is not the same as a failed check. | Let the Mac come online, then ask again. |
Read the proposed change
Before a setting changes, ask your AI assistant what will change and what it means for the person at that Mac.
Ask your AI assistant
Show the proposed hardening changes for this Mac. Explain the effect on my work and how to undo them.
Select the question and press Command and C.
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Check the Mac and the setting.
The answer names both. Make sure it is the Mac you meant.
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The owner says yes.
Cybee asks the person at that Mac, in plain words, on their own screen. Nothing changes until they agree.
What you will see: their yes, with the time, in the next answer.
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Read the new record.
Ask again and check that the setting is on before you call it done.
One setting, from finding to result
Mira’s screen lock had been off since Thursday afternoon. Here is the same setting in two records, before and after she said yes.
Mira’s MacBook Air26.09.2026
dated record
09:41
117 of 118 checks hold.
- Disk encryptionOn since 12.03.2026
- Screen lockOff since Thu 14:02
Open item. Owner: Mira.
Mira says yes
dated record
09:42
118 of 118 checks hold.
- Disk encryptionOn since 12.03.2026
- Screen lockOn since 09:42
No open items.
Keep both. The later record shows the setting is on now. The earlier one still shows that it was off, and since when. A Trust Passport shows that history to a client, with its dates.
Example only. It shows one setting on one Mac, not what suits every person.
Keep the setting in place
Some settings get switched off over time. Cybee checks every Mac 3 minutes after it joins and then every 12 hours. If a setting the owner agreed to has drifted, Cybee puts it back and records that. The owner is the person who uses that Mac. A setting nobody agreed to is never changed.
Before anyone says yes to a change, ask how it affects that person’s work and how to undo it.
Cybee chat card, example data. Asked: which security level should we use?. Cybee suggests Balanced for 3 of your 4 Macs. A security level is how much Cybee may change on a Mac. Cybee watches for threats on every level. Balanced or Fortress: 1 of 4 Macs Essential or none: 3 Checks passing on Essential: 25% typical Mac Essential · Changes nothing. Cybee watches for threats and stops them. It changes no settings on the Mac. Balanced · Suggested. Adds the settings most security checklists ask for. Some changes you will see, like a screen lock after 20 minutes. Fortress · Gets in the way of some work. Balanced plus tighter rules, for Macs that hold sensitive records. Undo. Switching a Mac to Essential puts back what Cybee changed. Time. Hardening takes about three minutes per Mac, and your team can keep working. as reported · just now Switch 3 Macs to Balanced
Which level do my Macs use?
Three levels.
There are three levels, named Essential, Balanced and Fortress, and all three are free. Essential changes nothing and puts back only what Cybee changed. Balanced applies CIS Level 1. Fortress adds Level 2. On a typical Mac, 25, 87 and 97 percent of checks pass with Essential, Balanced and Fortress.
Ask your AI assistant which level each Mac uses and what it would change, before you roll it out to the team.
| What you get | Free | Cybee subscription |
|---|---|---|
| 118 safety checks on each Mac | Checked, with what is off | Checked, with what is off |
| Three security levels: Essential, Balanced and Fortress | Included | Included |
| Weak settings fixed | After the owner says yes | After the owner says yes |
| Settings put back when they drift | Checked every 12 hours | Checked every 12 hours |
Trial, price and when payment stops
You can try it for 14 days first:
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Install Cybee on your Macs.
Protection, the checks and fixing are free from the start. Install guide
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Ask your AI assistant for a paid feature.
For example, ask for security training.
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Open the Stripe link in the chat.
Payment happens in Stripe. This website has no checkout.
If payment stops
- The settings already applied stay on the Mac.
- The account returns to the free plan, which keeps protection, alerts, the security levels and fixing.
- No new sealed Trust Passports are made, and security training is no longer available.
If a setting still needs attention
The answer says a check was not observed
Cybee has not heard from that Mac lately. That is not the same as off. Let the Mac come online, then ask again.
The owner has not said yes
Nothing changes until they do. The setting stays off, and the record says so.
A setting is off again
Cybee puts it back at the next check, which runs every 12 hours, and records that.
A safer setting gets in someone’s way
Ask your AI assistant what the setting does for that Mac and how to undo it. Or email [email protected] with the setting and the Mac.