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John Strosahl became Jamf CEO in September. He isn’t a new face and was one of the first employees then-incoming (now former) CEO Dean Hager hired eight years ago. Together, they managed the company’s transition into a leading Apple solution integrator across the enterprise, medical, and education industries.

I caught up with both men to talk about Apple’s growing place in the enterprise and Strosahl’s plans for the future of Jamf.

The culture thing

Mac admins like to say that Jamf has a unique company culture, which is particularly visible at the company’s public events.

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ComputerWorld Independent

Android’s new biometric spec for 'strong security' is anything but

October 30, 2023 admin Android, google, Mobile, Security, small and medium business

Credit to Author: eschuman@thecontentfirm.com| Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2023 12:00:00 -0700

Google has released new biometrics specs for Android devices, with the top-level “strong security” option requiring only “a spoof and imposter acceptance rate not higher than 7%.” But most biometrics specialists say that for something to be considered “high security,” that imposter and acceptance rate should be closer to 1%.

That prompted me to ask Google for comment. Google replied by emailing an anonymous statement to be attributed to nobody that doesn’t directly defend the levels it chose — but did say security decisions are ultimately up to each handset manufacturer.

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ComputerWorld Independent

Apple’s latest China App Store problem is a warning for us all

October 19, 2023 admin apple, Data Privacy, iOS, iPhone, Mobile, Mobile Apps, Security, small and medium business

Ask anyone who knows, and they’ll tell you that when it comes to security, the weakest point is always people. Yet, as pressure grows for Apple to allow app purchases from outside the App Store, the fact the company fired App Store staff for “business misconduct” is cause for alarm.

As first reported by The Information, the Apple story is pretty simple.

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ComputerWorld Independent

Microsoft addresses three zero-days for October’s Patch Tuesday

October 13, 2023 admin IT Management, Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Office, Security, small and medium business, windows

This month, Microsoft has released 103 updates to Windows, Edge, Microsoft Office, and Exchange Server. This update also includes minor updates to Visual Studio. Three zero-days (CVE-2023-44487, CVE-2023-36563 and CVE-2023-41763) require “Patch Now” updates for both Windows and the Edge browser for this October update cycle.

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ComputerWorld Independent

Homeland Security confirms your privacy is no longer safe

October 6, 2023 admin apple, Data Privacy, iOS, iPhone, Mobile, privacy, Security, small and medium business

The big problem with privacy is that once you relinquish some of it, you never get it back. What makes it worse is when those who are supposed to protect your rights choose to undermine them. When they do so, they eat away at the thin protections we should all enjoy in the digital age.

US agencies’ illegal use of smartphone data

These are some of the reasons to be so concerned to learn from a newly released US Department of Homeland Security report that multiple US government agencies illegally used smartphone location data, breaching privacy regulations as they did. To do this, they purchased smartphone location data, including Advertising Identifiers (AdIDs) from data brokers that had been harvested from a wide range of apps.

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Are you looking forward to the new age of mobile app insecurity?

October 5, 2023 admin apple, iOS, Mobile, Mobile Apps, Security, small and medium business, smartphones

A contact recently told me that Apple handles thousands of inquiries from people who have forgotten or misplaced their Apple ID logins every day. That’s probably why Apple recently made it easier to access your Apple ID using any known email address.

But Apple reps are also inundated with requests related to third-party apps over which they have no control. As the EU looks to force Apple into allowing apps from alternative app stores onto its devices, a practice known as sideloading, the user experience with Apple devices — and the flood of inquiries and complaints — is about to get much, much worse.

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Zero trust and why it matters to the Apple enterprise

October 3, 2023 admin apple, IT Management, Mobile, Security, small and medium business

Once upon a time, digital business sat inside the security perimeter. Devices were kept in offices, shared the same network, and were protected by antivirus software, firewalls, and software updates. This system wasn’t perfect and became increasingly specialized, with security teams, networking teams, and others all working in different sectors.

With mobility, this changed. Devices were unleashed from their locations, used their own networks, and stood outside of traditional corporate endpoint protection.

The pandemic accelerated these changes, fostering the evolution of innovative security protections outside of traditional perimeters, such as around zero-trust. The global zero trust security market is now expected to reach $99 billion by 2030, up from $23 billion in 2021.

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Jamf: Generative AI is coming to an Apple IT admin near you

September 20, 2023 admin apple, generative ai, it skills, Mobile, Security, small and medium business

Imagine running fleets of iPhones that alert you when unexpected security-related incidents take place, or when otherwise legitimate service requests arrive from devices at an unexpected time or location. Imagine management and security software that not only identified these kinds of anomalies but gave you useful advice to help remediate the problem.

This, and more, is the kind of protection Jamf hopes to deliver using generative AI tools.

Generative IT for Apple admins

Jamf believes generative AI can be a big benefit to tech support and IT admin, and talked about its efforts at the end of an extensive Jamf Nation User Conference (JNUC) keynote. Akash Kamath, the company’s senior vice president, engineering, explained that just as the Mac made computing personal, genAI makes AI personal.

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