The New M5 and M6 Macs Can Run Powerful AI On Device: Why That Matters for Data Security Apple announced new Macs this week, and the headline everywhere is raw power. The M6 chip in the Mac mini, and the M5 Ultra in the Mac Studio, described by Apple as its most powerful chip ever.Continue reading “The New M5 and M6 Macs Can Run Powerful AI On Device: Why That Matters for Data Security”
Author Archives: Michael Wiercioch
Cisco Is Exiting MDM: Why Ivanti Probably Isn’t the Answer for Your Apple Fleet
Cisco Is Exiting MDM: Why Ivanti Probably Isn’t the Answer for Your Apple Fleet If you manage your Apple fleet with Cisco Meraki Systems Manager, you are now on a clock. Cisco is retiring the product. You can no longer buy or renew licences. The platform reaches full end of support in 2029. This isContinue reading “Cisco Is Exiting MDM: Why Ivanti Probably Isn’t the Answer for Your Apple Fleet”
Platform SSO for Mac: A Practical Guide for Okta, Google and Microsoft 365 Businesses
Platform SSO for Mac: A Practical Guide for Okta, Google and Microsoft 365 Businesses Most people sign in to their Mac with one password and sign in to their work accounts with another. The two drift apart. Someone changes their cloud password, forgets to change the Mac password, and support tickets follow. Worse, the localContinue reading “Platform SSO for Mac: A Practical Guide for Okta, Google and Microsoft 365 Businesses”
Cyber Essentials vs ISO 27001: Which Does Your Fleet Actually Need?
Cyber Essentials vs ISO 27001: Which Does Your Fleet Actually Need? Businesses weighing up their security credentials almost always arrive at the same fork in the road. Should they pursue Cyber Essentials, ISO 27001, or both? The two get mentioned in the same breath so often that they can seem interchangeable. They are not. TheyContinue reading “Cyber Essentials vs ISO 27001: Which Does Your Fleet Actually Need?”
What Is Infrastructure as Code and Why It Is the Future of Apple Fleet Management
What Is Infrastructure as Code and Why It Is the Future of Apple Fleet Management Ask most businesses how their laptops and Macs get configured and the answer is some version of the same thing. Somebody in IT logs into a management console, clicks through a series of menus, sets up a policy, assigns itContinue reading “What Is Infrastructure as Code and Why It Is the Future of Apple Fleet Management”
Why Windows Experts Struggle with Mac Management, and What That Costs Your Business
Why Windows Experts Struggle with Mac Management, and What That Costs Your Business This post is NOT an attack on Windows expertise. Windows administration is a deep, complex discipline. The skills required to manage Active Directory, Group Policy, Intune, Exchange and the rest of the Microsoft stack at scale take years to develop and areContinue reading “Why Windows Experts Struggle with Mac Management, and What That Costs Your Business”
Why the 14-Day Patching Window Is No Longer Enough, And What UK Businesses Should Do Instead
Why the 14-Day Patching Window Is No Longer Enough, And What UK Businesses Should Do Instead Whoever wrote the Cyber Essentials 14-day patching requirement wrote it for a different threat landscape. In 2018 it made sense. The average time between a vulnerability being disclosed and attackers actively exploiting it was 756 days. Businesses had overContinue reading “Why the 14-Day Patching Window Is No Longer Enough, And What UK Businesses Should Do Instead”
Zero Touch Deployment for Windows and Mac: A Practical UK Business Guide
Zero Touch Deployment for Windows and Mac: A Practical UK Business Guide A new employee starts on Monday. They are based in Glasgow. Your IT team is in London. The MacBook and the Windows laptop ship directly from the supplier. By Tuesday morning the employee should have both devices configured, enrolled, compliant and ready toContinue reading “Zero Touch Deployment for Windows and Mac: A Practical UK Business Guide”
Managing the macOS Share Menu for NCSC Cyber Essentials
Managing the macOS Share Menu for NCSC Cyber Essentials Transitioning from legacy Restrictions to Blueprints If you’re currently working through the UK NCSC Cyber Security Essentials guidance for your fleet, there’s a good chance you’ve been looking at how to restrict the macOS context menu. Specifically, we’re talking about managing what appears when a userContinue reading “Managing the macOS Share Menu for NCSC Cyber Essentials”
Jamf Pro vs Microsoft Intune for Apple Devices: An Honest Business Guide 2026
Jamf Pro vs Microsoft Intune for Apple Devices: An Honest Business Guide 2026 Every IT manager making an Apple MDM decision in 2026 hits the same question at some point: Jamf Pro or Microsoft Intune?The question sounds straightforward. The answer is not because both platforms are genuinely good, both have real limitations and the rightContinue reading “Jamf Pro vs Microsoft Intune for Apple Devices: An Honest Business Guide 2026”