Kandji has launched Prism, a new compliance reporting tool that offers Apple administrators a centralized view of essential information about their entire fleet. This will enable IT staff to monitor policy compliance, investigate incidents, and identify issues across managed endpoints, including Vision Pro.
Weldon Dodd, senior vice president of community at Kandji, explained that data is the new oil, but it must be refined to be valuable. Endpoint device data is a rich resource for device management, troubleshooting, and productivity improvements, and is crucial for establishing a comprehensive security posture in today’s remote/hybrid/work-from-anywhere environment.
Access all endpoints
Previously, users could only see details about individual devices in the Kandji console; now they can access all that data on one page. Being able to quickly review such information is invaluable to IT and security teams, providing actionable insights to prevent or respond to fleet problems.
Prism’s streamlined reporting puts critical information at the fingertips of IT administrators with just a few clicks, allowing them to keep their fleet and workforce operating securely and productively.
What categories of device data can be reviewed?
The following information is available:
Activation lock details and status.
State of the built-in macOS application firewall.
Application inventory.
Desktop and screensaver configuration.
General information about enrolled devices.
FileVault status on macOS devices.
The version and status of Gatekeeper and XProtect on Macs.
All profiles installed on all devices, including those not installed by Kandji.
All installed extensions and their status.
All installed launch Agents and Daemons on a device.
Local Users.
Startup Settings.
System Extensions.
All Transparency, Consent, and Control/Privacy Preferences Policy Control (TCC/PPPC) exceptions.
This information is searchable, allowing users to identify all devices using specific apps, versions of those apps, or any device running unapproved extensions. Reports can be exported in CSV format and provided automatically.
Why does reporting matter?
Kandji highlighted its recent report on Apple in the enterprise, indicating that organizations lacking visibility into their IT assets experience 3.3 times more incidents than those who do.
As Apple use grows in the enterprise, the use of device management solutions is accelerating, creating opportunities for vendors such as Jamf, Addigy, Hexnode, and JumpCloud.
2024-02-14 01:00:05
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