Jamf Pro Computer Extension Attribute – FileVault Decryption Status

Jamf Pro is really good at identifying and reporting on most things within OS X (macOS) and iOS. Unfortunately, Jamf Pro still doesn’t know everything. Lucky for us, we can teach this dog a new trick or two via Extension Attributes. My recent challenge was to come up with a method to report against systems… Continue Reading Jamf Pro Computer Extension Attribute – FileVault Decryption Status

Jamf Workflow for Tenable Nessus Agent

INTRODUCTION Tenable’s Nessus Agent software is used to identify vulnerabilities, policy-violating configurations and malware that attackers use to penetrate your or your customer’s network. JAMF Pro is used to manage Apple Macintosh systems within the enterprise. This includes the deployment of third party software packages such as the Tenable Nessus agent. This article describes the various… Continue Reading Jamf Workflow for Tenable Nessus Agent

Jamf and Compliance Panel (JNUC 2017)

I was invited to speak on an expert panel regarding “Jamf and Compliance” at the Jamf Nation user Conference (JNUC2017).

The panel consisted of Andrew Nielsen (Druva), myself (Okta, Inc.), Matt Woodruff (Jamf), Miles Leacy (Wallmart), Luis Giraldo (IT Glue), and Katie English (Jamf).

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CIS: The Ball’s in Your Court (JNUC2017)

I received honorable mention from Erin McDonald and Katie English of Jamf Professional Services regarding my CIS Benchmark 2.1.2 scripts during the Jamf Nation User Conference (JNUC2017) seminar entitled, “CIS: The Ball’s in Your Court“.

Feel free to skip forward to 17:20 to begin the section on CIS Benchmarks for Bluetooth technologies (and my honorable mention).

Tip of the Iceberg: An Introduction to the OS X Command Line

During my time with Workday, I wrote a document entitled “Tip of the Iceberg: An Introduction to the OS X Command Line”. My goal was so to assist in the training of Jr. admins by providing them with greater depth and understanding of the OS X, UNIX, and Linux command line. I am providing these… Continue Reading Tip of the Iceberg: An Introduction to the OS X Command Line

Ohm’s Law and Power Formula Calculator

When I was in college, I studied Electrical Engineering. Later on, I crossed over to Computer Science. EE and CS are closely related in many ways. So why not write some code for both? Once upon a time in 2007, I wrote a REALbasic application called Ohm’s Law and Power Formula Calculator. I compiled OLAPFC as a… Continue Reading Ohm’s Law and Power Formula Calculator