Safe and secure Mac management worldwide The world has changed during COVID times. Nearly all of us work at remote locations for multiple days a week. Our devices travel along and pop up at any location anywhere on earth. And also, because of the general availability of the internet, this behavior is now generally accepted. As Apple admins, we must think about managing Macs and rethink which switches to flip. We have already covered a lot of security policies: our devices are registered in Apple Business Manager, they are managed in a device management server, we implemented security policies based on CIS benchmarks, and we enforce FileVault encryption — just to name a few steps we already have taken to increase the level of management and security. Apple admins need to keep all devices as secure as possible, so next, we decided to rethink those local admin accounts. No account, no risk These are accounts on the Macs with a — hopefully — secure password and administrative acce

Over the years, you, our Jamf Nation members, have given us feedback around how we could improve your community experience. And for that, we’re so grateful! It led to the remodeling of this very community last summer and allowed us to create more meaningful spaces for you to connect and learn from each other. But you want more, and we want to give you more! You (singly and collectively) communicated that you want a space within Jamf Nation where you can share deeper, more detailed technical thoughts. You want to hear more creative and common ways to use Apple and Jamf to achieve success in your environments. You want a technical blog space to share these ideas and workflows. Well, folks, we’re happy to announce we heard you, and we’re making it happen! We’re excited to introduce Tech Thoughts, a technical blog that’s dedicated to serving as a space where Jamfs and Jamf Nation members alike can share their expertise on important, time-sensitive technical topics. You are all a wealth of