Amazon EC2 Mac instances now support configurable System Integrity Protection (SIP) settings
Starting today, customers can now configure System Integrity Protection (SIP) settings on their EC2 Mac instances, providing greater flexibility and control over their development environments. SIP is a critical macOS security feature that helps prevent unauthorized code execution and system-level modifications. This enhancement enables developers to temporarily disable SIP for development and testing purposes, install and validate system extensions and DriverKit drivers, optimize testing performance through selective program management, and maintain security compliance while meeting development requirements.
The new SIP configuration capability is available across all EC2 Mac instance families, including both Intel (x86) and Apple silicon platforms. Customers can access this feature in all AWS regions where EC2 Mac instances are currently supported. To learn more about this feature, please visit the documentation here and our launch blog here. To learn more about EC2 Mac instances, click here.