In today’s ever changing digital landscape, keeping macOS devices secure is more important than ever. Organisations are always looking for powerful solutions to deflect a constant stream of cyber threats.
Jamf Protect is the security tool purpose built for macOS environments and other mobile device platforms. In this blog post, we’ll explore our top five features that make Jamf Protect a must-have for any organisation looking to improve their macOS security game.
Compliance Baselines
Jamf Protect helps organisations maintain compliance with the Center for Internet Security (CIS) benchmarks. These benchmarks provide a set of best practice and configuration guidelines to secure IT systems and data against cyber threats. By automating compliance checks and providing detailed reports, Jamf Protect ensures that your macOS devices adhere to these stringent security standards, making it easier to identify and remediate vulnerabilities.
Jamf Protect provides you with a Compliance Score and even breaks the baselines down to easy to manage categories. Combined with Jamf Pro and the Jamf Compliance Editor, your team can establish the baseline that fits your organisation, configure the remediation policies and let Jamf take care of the rest.
USB Device Control
Jamf Protect offers robust control over USB devices connected to macOS systems. This feature is crucial for preventing unauthorised data transfers and mitigating the risks associated with malware introduction through external storage devices. Administrators can set policies to allow or block specific USB devices, monitor usage, and generate alerts for suspicious activities, thereby enhancing the overall security posture of the organisation.
With the granular controls you can allow specific departments like developers to use removable storage. This can be restricted to a particular storage vendor or to a pre-approved list of device serial numbers. Additional configuration to read-only permissions or to only allow connection if the drive is encrypted can also be applied.
Vulnerability Reporting
The vulnerability reporting feature in Jamf Protect provides comprehensive insights into the security weaknesses present in your macOS environment. By continuously scanning for known vulnerabilities, the tool offers real-time visibility into potential threats. Detailed reports highlight the severity and impact of each vulnerability, enabling IT teams to prioritise and address critical issues promptly, thus reducing the attack surface.
When your CVSS score is above 0.0 it means one of your devices has a known CVE threat either with the Operating System or one of the Applications installed. Your security admins can easily investigate the threat, identify the CVE number and the software it’s associated with and immediately remediate the issue with Jamf Pro. All CVE, Severity and the Detection Dates are individually listed with a full description of the threat directly from The Nation Vulnerability Database.
Custom Analytics
Jamf Protect’s custom analytics capabilities allow organisations to tailor their security monitoring and reporting to their specific needs. Users can create custom detection rules and analytics queries to identify unusual behaviour and potential threats that are unique to their environment. This flexibility ensures that the security strategy is aligned with the organisation’s specific risk profile and operational requirements.
Although Jamf Protect includes over 150 built in analytics to detect suspicious user behaviour and system activity, having the ability to add your own detections is invaluable. We regularly see clients adding such checks like SUDO Commands, CURL Events or hosts file modifications to tailor their security requirements and report on what’s critical for them.
Telemetry Data Collection
Telemetry data collection in Jamf Protect provides in-depth insights into the behaviour and performance of macOS devices. By collecting and analysing telemetry data, organisations can detect anomalies, track system performance, and gain a better understanding of their security landscape. This continuous monitoring helps in early detection of potential threats and enhances the ability to respond swiftly to security incidents.
With Telemetry you can also list out any log files you need to monitor within the organisation and have them streamed directly to a SIEM tool like Microsoft Sentinel or Splunk. This significantly reduces support overhead as you no longer need to remote onto an individual device to obtain log files.
Conclusion
Jamf Protect stands out with its comprehensive feature set designed to enhance macOS security. Compliance with CIS benchmarks ensure adherence to industry standards, while USB device control prevents unauthorised data transfers. Vulnerability reporting provides actionable insights into security weaknesses, custom analytics allow for tailored threat detection, and telemetry data collection offers deep visibility into system behaviour. Together, these features help organisations maintain a robust security posture in a dynamic threat landscape.
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