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Jamf detections developer Matt Benyo talks about the wild world of threat detection for macOS on this episode of the Jamf After Dark podcast.

Cost optimization is always on the corporate agenda – how can we get more from less? But making informed, cost-efficient decisions about which technologies you need is challenging when you don’t know the level of Shadow IT in your organization.

You don’t want your company to invade employee privacy or act as Big Brother. But companies do need to control mobile data usage for business devices. Restricting web access to some degree enhances mobile data security and controls costs. It also protects employees.

The “Cyber Essentials in Education” e-book presents a path for your education institution to earn a certificate showing your commitment to hindering security threats.

VPN software and the data leaks one security researcher detected have kicked off media coverage relating to Apple’s security stance and VPN software is handled in iOS. Are VPNs in iOS broken or is this simply another nail in legacy VPN’s coffin in light of more secure technologies, like ZTNA that better address the challenges of the current threat landscape and modern computing needs?

Mac has a rich history of security and privacy protection – much of which it has earned – since Apple interweaves these protections into every facet of the hardware and software design process. But no system is infallible and here we discuss three categories of misconceptions regarding macOS security that could lead to a false sense of protection for end users:

1. Macs get attacked less than other OS’s
2. Built-in security tools are enough
3. Common threats are always stopped

Apple updates XProtect, bringing XProtect to version 2162.

Jamf was on-hand at Black Hat 2022 to meet with customers and discuss the modern security landscape directly with the Security and IT professionals themselves. See what they had to say about the current state of security at their organizations when asked about it in Jamf’s anonymous survey conducted right from the showroom floor.