securityd1
Security context daemon for keychain and cryptographic operations
Usage
securityd
Overview
securityd maintains security contexts and arbitrates cryptographic operations. Access to keychain items is routed through securityd to enforce access controls and to keep private keys out of user process address space. All user interaction with securityd is mediated through the Security Agent.
This command is not intended to be invoked directly.
History
- macOS 26.5 to macOS 10.15: the text shown here
- macOS 10.14.6 to Mac OS X 10.5
- Mac OS X 10.4.11.x86 to Mac OS X 10.4