Jamf Blog

When Apple releases their latest operating systems, users and IT admins alike are eager to upgrade. As a management and security vendor, it's crucial to ensure your product is as compatible with the latest OS as possible — extensive testing of Apple's betas are critical for success. At Jamf, we know how important it is to stay up to date with Apple releases and have done so since 2002. Read this blog to find out why this is so important for the security of your company.

Securing your mobile fleet, while sharing many similarities with desktop computers, may vary vastly depending on variables specific only to mobile technology. In this blog we breakdown some of those factors unique to mobile devices, which include:

• Defining what mobile security is
• Explaining makes mobile endpoint security distinct
• Comparing out-of-box vs native security
• Discussing common mobile threat types
• Outlining mobile security solutions
• Mobile device security is a part of holistic security

Apple’s WWDC 2022 announcements included news of a new framework built for identity providers in macOS Ventura, making it easier for users to access cloud services. Platform SSO may prove to be the easiest way to authenticate to your Mac and organizational apps in the future. By using Jamf Connect to automate creating new, on-demand local user accounts based on the identity provider credentials, users can take full advantage of Single Sign-On (SSO), meaning users will only need to worry about one set of credentials to securely access all their resources — (spoiler alert: you may never have to type your password again!)

Jamf Trust on Android and macOS now provides additional information when accessing internet from captive portals. This blog discusses how Jamf Trust handles captive portals by allowing access to web traffic and notifying the user of ZTNA status.

What’s the right solution to manage devices while protecting user privacy? That’s the question we answer as we compare different mobile device deployment and manageability models to help you find the right fit to balance the needs of your organization and your users.

Allowing staff to use the personal devices they love for work has a lot of upsides. Primary among them: well-connected employees are more productive employees.

The phrase “lightning never strikes the same place twice” is a commonly held belief that holds little grounding in science. In fact, lightning can and does strike the same place multiple times and nowhere is that as evident as Jamf solutions once again scoring top marks in G2’s Summer 2023 report.

Jamf and AWS continue building their relationship with the availability of Jamf Connect and Jamf Protect in AWS Marketplace.