Название: Hardening Your Macs: Keeping Apple Computers Safe at the Hardware and Software Level
Автор: Jesus Vigo, Jr.
Издательство: Apress
Год: 2023
Страниц: 228
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf, epub, mobi
Размер: 10.2 MB

Learn the skills and solutions required to secure your Mac's operating system, the underlying hardware, and allow users to get work done safely. This book will show you how to create a Mac that’s made of steel and won’t buckle when attacked!

Ok, there’s no such thing as unhackable. No magic tool or silver bullet will eliminate risk in all forms. Security is an ongoing journey – not a simple action or software application. And that is exactly what you’ll learn to master―the foundational knowledge, skills, and mindset to holistically protect Macs. Regardless of whether it’s your personal iMac or a fleet of MacBook Pro’s assigned to the remote employees within your organization, you’ll be able to limit access while identifying and mitigating risk unique to your environment.

In addition to the information security best practices pertaining to protecting Apple computers, you’ll pivot to a coherent, security-focused mindset to better understand macOS-specific security. You’ll learn how it works and what tools and software are available to help. Both native and 3rd-party tool are covered. Safe guard your system’s privacy data and capitalize on effectively locking down the security of your Mac computers against known threats and newer trends that continue to evolve.

Hardening Your Macs is the perfect roadmap to stopping malicious attacks and bad actors from spying on users through cameras, microphones, and other built-in tools that could potentially be used against users and organizations alike.

What You'll Learn
Grasp the mindset of attackers―how they plan and execute malicious incursions
Implement hardware solutions as well as software safeguards
Take advantage of Apple's built-in macOS security features in addition to 3rd party tools
Avoid attacks on your system that could compromise sensitive corporate data and personally identifiable information

Who This Book Is For
This book is for two types of audiences: consumers and IT administrators that are either new to the Apple ecosystem or those with several years of experience using a Mac under their belt. Regardless of the grouping in which you initially fall, you’re all part of the same group of individuals that wish to better protect themselves, their data, and their privacy. You will find this easy-to-follow guide invaluable in helping you to do just that when getting stuff done on your Mac computer, whether for work or pleasure – or both!

At the same time, IT administrators tasked with managing Mac will find nuggets of information within these pages to help them develop an information security policy that protects their device fleet from local and remote threats, while utilizing available security tools to lessen the administrative load that often comes with securing hundreds, thousands, or tens of thousands of macOS-based computers worldwide.