Details
The ability to apply security patches and perform vulnerability assessments on the system is reduced when the system is sleeping.
Solution
In System Preferences: Energy Saver, drag the slider for ‘Put the computer to sleep…’ to never.
Alternatively, use the following command:
sudo /usr/bin/pmset -c sleep 0
Supportive Information
The following resource is also helpful.
This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Access Control.This control applies to the following type of system Unix.