Jamf Event showcases product innovations aimed at helping organizations meet security and compliance needs
April 09 2024 - 11:00AM
Today, Jamf (NASDAQ: JAMF), the standard in managing and securing
Apple at work, held a special Jamf Event to showcase a number of
new offerings developed to help organizations maximize technology
investments and meet important compliance needs. The live-streamed
event, split into concurrently streamed commercial and education
keynotes, showcased new and upcoming updates to Jamf’s Apple-first,
Apple-best management and security platform.
“At Jamf, we celebrate the ways that Apple devices are
different, but also know they still need to meet the same high
compliance standards as other devices used for work,” said Sam
Johnson, Chief Customer Officer at Jamf. “This means IT admins are
being asked to get more involved beyond traditional device
management functions to help meet these various compliance
standards across their Apple devices. Jamf is proud to deliver a
platform that organizations trust and users love, and our approach
to providing tools that help customers navigate the vast and varied
compliance landscape is no exception.”
Product updates highlighted during the Jamf Event include:
Streamlined enforcement of compliance and security
benchmarks
- Compliance dashboard in Jamf Protect sets a new
standard for visualizing device compliance status - Jamf
added a customizable compliance dashboard to Jamf Protect providing
a new way of visualizing compliance – in accordance with CIS
benchmarks – across an entire fleet of devices. The new dashboard
allows Jamf admins to view an aggregate baseline score or “Fleet
Hardening Score” as well as the ability to drill down into specific
details to understand and remediate compliance issues within their
device fleet.
- Compliance Editor with Jamf Pro for iOS and iPadOS
removes ambiguity around enforcing compliance on mobile
devices - Compliance Editor is the tool that generates
deployable configuration files in Jamf Pro that allow organizations
to meet CIS benchmarks. Jamf announced Compliance Editor is now
available for iOS and iPadOS, ensuring consistent security
benchmarks can be met across Mac, iPhone and iPad. With Compliance
Editor, it only takes admins a few clicks to generate hundreds of
detailed configurations required to make endpoints compliant with a
chosen benchmark.
- Jamf Routines in Jamf Pro make powerful self-healing
workflows a reality - Jamf announced Jamf Routines, which
offers Jamf Pro customers new no-code automations and integrations
to make IT teams more powerful and efficient. Now, admins can set
up an integration between Jamf Pro and Slack or Microsoft Teams
with automated alerts based on specific criteria such as when a
device falls out of compliance. With Jamf Routines, admins can also
specify when a re-deploy of the Jamf Management Framework may be
required to get devices back into compliance, improving overall
security and compliance posture.
Privilege Elevation in Jamf Connect for macOS grants
temporary and conditional access to admin privileges
Jamf introduced Privilege Elevation, a new feature that
leverages an organization’s cloud identity provider and Jamf
Connect to temporarily allow admin privileges for local macOS
accounts to be granted conditionally based on valid user
authentication and authorization. During this period of time,
through an integration with Jamf Protect, Jamf will provide
detailed telemetry about highly privileged tasks being performed on
the device. This helps organizations audit endpoint activities
while aiding with intrusion detection and response on macOS.
App Version Control within App Installers keeps apps
updated and protected
Jamf highlighted new improvements made to App Installers with
the recent introduction of App Version Control. This update gives
admins more authority over App Installers deployments allowing them
to test a version on a small group of devices and then manually
choose the version to deploy to computers in scope when they are
ready. The ability to choose either automatic or manual updates to
specify the version gives the admin control and flexibility over
the App Installers titles in their environment, keeping users
productive with the business-critical apps they need while
remaining secure and up-to-date.
Jamf continues to innovate at the speed of Apple with
support for modern device types
Jamf recapped its recent announcement that support for Apple
Vision Pro is now available across the whole Jamf platform. With
Jamf Pro, organizations can enroll and streamline deployment of
enterprise apps and settings for Apple Vision Pro. Jamf Connect
allows users on Apple Vision Pro to securely access enterprise
resources for any of the web and native apps that require secure,
identity-based access controls. Jamf Protect extends the same
device-wide mobile threat defense, network protection, and content
filtering use cases used on iPhone, iPad and Mac to Apple Vision
Pro to keep the device safe from threats.
Jamf also announced support for watchOS management is coming
later this year, including enrollment and inventory display. By
enabling new device types, Jamf shows its commitment to simplifying
Apple at work and giving end users the ability to be productive
however they work best.
New ‘balanced privacy’ reporting for Jamf Safe Internet
provides visibility needed to resolve security issues while
maintaining student privacy
For education customers, Jamf announced new privacy controls
have been added to Jamf Safe Internet to provide two reporting
options to admins: ‘full privacy’ and ‘balanced privacy’. By
default, full privacy mode is enabled (meaning no Personal
Identifiable Information is collected and reports stay aggregated
and anonymized) but admins with appropriate permissions will able
to toggle to balanced privacy mode. This reporting mode displays
specific devices and usernames collected from Jamf Pro or Jamf
School if they have been impacted by a security issue, enabling
admins to quickly resolve issues without needing the
full-visibility approach of traditional web proxies offered by
other vendors.
“Determining the correct privacy posture in the educational
technology landscape requires a careful equilibrium,” said Johnson.
“Striking the right balance means allowing IT admins flexibility to
access certain identifying data in order to ensure the security of
school-owned devices and networks without compromising individual
privacy rights.”
About JamfJamf’s purpose is to simplify work by
helping organizations manage and secure an Apple experience that
end users love and organizations trust. Jamf is the only company in
the world that provides a complete management and security solution
for an Apple-first environment that is enterprise secure, consumer
simple and protects personal privacy. To learn more, visit
www.jamf.com.
Media Contact:Liarna La Porta |
media@jamf.com
Investor Contact:Jennifer Gaumond |
ir@jamf.com
Jamf (NASDAQ:JAMF)
Historical Stock Chart
From Apr 2024 to May 2024
Jamf (NASDAQ:JAMF)
Historical Stock Chart
From May 2023 to May 2024