Hello everyone. We are using Jamf Pro and Safe Internet in an effort to block prohibited technologies from the state of Texas DIR website and I wanted to ask a couple of questions on how other organizations are handling this situation if applicable. Here is the link to DIR website for Texas: https://dir.texas.gov/information-security/covered-applications-and-prohibited-technologies
The issue:
1. Several of our Mac computers do not meet the system requirement for Safe Internet to be able to block prohibited technologies (macOS 15). Are other organizations buying brand new Mac workstations to meet the system requirement if they can't be upgraded to prohibited technologies?
2. Our IT security team has made Crowdstrike mandatory to be installed on all of our Mac workstations along with Cisco Anyconnect VPN, which we found causes the JSI network filter to be disabled upon those resources being enabled. Are there any workarounds for these issues? We are interested to know what other organizations are doing to resolve this issue and block the prohibited technologies per the state mandate.
We are also following the instructions on blocking restricted software using this article as well on a url level.
https://learn.jamf.com/en-US/bundle/jamf-pro-documentation-current/page/Restricted_Software.html
Thank you in advance for sharing any best practices, or a nudge in the right direction on how we can resolve this issue to meet the state mandate and block the prohibited technologies.
