Transitioning to Passwordless Security on Mac Systems

We have all enjoyed seeing Apple make the noticeable shift to embracing modern cloud identity with the integrations we have seen over the past few years. From modern authentication at enrollment, Single Sign on extensions through to Federation of Managed Apple accounts and Platform Single Sign-on. The announcements at WWDC this year gave us more reasons to be excited, with a whole bunch of new capabilities announced. What does this really mean and can I start using this in production tomorrow?

Hosts:

• Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social
• Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom

Guests:

• Michael Epping - LinkedIn
• Joel Rennich - LinkedIn

Links:

• https://developer.apple.com/documentation/devicemanagement/implementing-platform-sso-during-device-enrollment
• Parallelipiped: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallelepiped
• The Great Disnub Dirhomboidodecahedron: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_disnub_dirhombidodecahedron
• Klein Bottle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klein_bottle
• Apple and Emory Healthcare: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/05/apple-products-transform-care-at-emory-healthcare/
• Microsoft FIDO Alliance Case Study: https://fidoalliance.org/case-study-microsoft/

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• Kandji
• 1Password
• Nudge Security
• Watchman Monitoring

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