Let’s be real: Homebrew is amazing. It’s the missing package manager for macOS that every developer loves. However, in an enterprise environment, Homebrew can also be a security nightmare waiting to happen. World-writable binaries? Third-party taps from who-knows-where? Supply chain attacks through git remote hijacking? Yeah, that’s exactly what keeps security teams up at night. […]
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Don’t Let Personal Apple Accounts Hijack Your Domain: The Complete Guide to Apple Business Manager Domain Capture
A deep dive into domain lock, domain capture, and managed Apple accounts for IT administrators Picture this: you’re the IT administrator for a large organization, and you’ve just discovered that over 5.000 employees have created personal Apple Accounts (Apple IDs) using their work email addresses. Their vacation photos, music libraries, health data, and app purchases […]
A Deep Dive into Location and Device-Based Access Control
“Because sometimes your security requirements make you question your life choices” 🤠 A Word of Warning Before We Start Conditional access policies and Device-Based Access Control are fun and all, however, let me be crystal clear before we dive into this: I do not advise excluding users from MFA. In fact, I think it’s… well, […]
How I Accidentally Fort Knox’d myself: A macOS Security Hardening Tale
The Road to Better Security Is Paved with Infinite Login Loops If you’re reading this, you probably care about macOS security hardening. And like me, you might be interested in hardening your macOS devices according to industry standards. But let me tell you a cautionary tale about implementing security measures without proper testing, or as […]
macOS Security with Intune – From Basics to Bulletproof
Let’s be real—‘bulletproof security’ sounds cool, but in the world of cybersecurity, it’s more of a myth than a reality. Threats evolve faster than we can patch things, and there’s always a clever hacker out there looking for a way to crack your macOS Security. The goal here isn’t perfection; it’s about staying ahead of […]
Managing macOS with Intune: Into the belly of PLIST files
Most of my blogging journey has been all about Microsoft Intune and Windows devices – But hey, change is the spice of life, or so they say. So, this year, I decided it’s time to mix things up a bit. I’ve jumped on the macOS bandwagon, got myself a shiny new Apple device, and have […]
Deploy Network Drive Mappings on macOS with Microsoft Intune
Update: Check out the new version of this script. Turbocharged with new features and improvements Revamping Network Drive Mappings on macOS with Intune Welcome, fellow tech adventurers, to the world of macOS management with a dash of Microsoft Intune magic! Today, we’re going to explore how you can deploy network drive mapping on macOS devices […]
Microsoft Ignite 2022
In this post I’ll focus on the highlights and announcements around Microsoft Intune and Security during Microsoft Ignite 2022. I will also try to give an impression of my experiences during Ignite 2022. Microsoft Ignite 2022 (Oct 12 – 14) was perhaps different than any other Ignite I attended before but looking back I’m still […]