Technologies›Area 12

Security, Privacy & Authentication

28 frameworks

The Security, Privacy & Authentication frameworks protect user data and verify identity across the platform. They provide cryptographic primitives, keychain and certificate management, trust evaluation, and biometric and passcode authentication, along with higher-level flows such as Sign in with Apple, passkeys, and credential authorization. Additional frameworks handle privacy authorization, code-signing requirements, smart cards, and directory and account services.

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Security138 types

Core security services: keychain access, certificates, trust evaluation, cryptography, and TLS cipher suites.

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CryptoKit50 types

Performs cryptographic operations: AES/ChaCha20-Poly1305 ciphers, hashing, HMAC/HKDF, digital signatures and elliptic-curve key agreement.

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AuthenticationServices147 types

Sign in with Apple, passkeys/WebAuthn, password autofill, and credential authorization flows.

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LocalAuthentication20 types

Authenticates users via biometrics (Touch ID, Face ID, Optic ID) or device passcode through LAContext.

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Accounts6 types

Manages user accounts and stored credentials in the system Accounts database, brokering authenticated access to external services.

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AppTrackingTransparency1 types

Requests user authorization to track them and reports the app's tracking authorization status for privacy.

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Collaboration5 types

Accesses user and group identity attributes from identity authorities for access control lists and identity picking.

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CryptoTokenKit39 types

Access to smart cards and cryptographic tokens via reader slots, supporting keys, certificates, and secure PIN-based interactions.

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DeclaredAgeRange3 types

A request for the age range of a person logged onto the current device to manage content access.

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DeviceCheck3 types

Validate that an instance of your app is genuine and running on a real device using App Attest and per-device bits for your server.

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EnhancedLinkSecurity1 types

Framework for storing and checking URLs that require enhanced security handling and validation.

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ExecutionPolicy4 types

Manages the system execution policy for developer tools, controlling whether binaries are permitted to run via an XPC-backed service.

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Generic Security Services (GSS-API) for Kerberos/SPNEGO authentication and secure context establishment.

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IdentityDocumentServices10 types

Present and respond to ISO 18013-5 mobile identity document requests, registering documents an app can present for verification.

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IdentityDocumentServicesUI9 types

Presents UI for handling ISO 18013 mobile document (mDL) presentment requests and building verified responses.

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LightweightCodeRequirements24 types

Build code-signing constraints and requirements to verify the identity of code files and running or launching processes.

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LocalAuthenticationEmbeddedUI1 types

Container view used to present authorization UI for Local Authentication rights inline within an app.

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OpenDirectory17 types

Query and manage directory services (users, groups, nodes) for authentication and identity lookup.

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PermissionKit13 types

AskCenter-based framework that sends app communication permission requests to parents or guardians for approval via Family Sharing.

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SecureElementCredential4 types

Performs actions on credentials stored in the device Secure Element via secure credential sessions.

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SecurityFoundation

Objective-C authorization services (SFAuthorization) for managing user authorization rights on macOS.

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SecurityInterface12 types

AppKit UI panels and views for certificates, identities, keychains, and authorization plug-in interfaces.

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SecurityUI1 types

SwiftUI and UIKit components for presenting security UI such as certificate trust and presentation sheets.

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VisionEntitlementServices2 types

Track App Compute Category entitlements and related system capability settings on visionOS.

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_AuthenticationServices_SwiftUI overlay6 types

SwiftUI environment integration for AuthenticationServices, performing sign-in and authorization requests from views.

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_LocalAuthentication_SwiftUI overlay1 types

SwiftUI integration layer for LocalAuthentication, embedding biometric/passcode authentication UI into SwiftUI views.

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_SecureElementCredential_SwiftUI overlay1 types

SwiftUI integration for Secure Element credentials, providing transaction objects for wired and contactless credential operations in views.

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_SecureElementCredential_UIKit overlay2 types

UIKit glue delivering Secure Element credential-session events to a UIScene/UIWindowScene via a scene delegate.

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