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Mac Admins Podcast LLC
A rotating panel of Mac admins and consultants are joined by members of the Mac admin community to discuss the latest news, issues, and challenges of managing Apple devices. New episodes weekly. Join the community at macadmins.org.
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Feb 27, 2024 • 1h 25min
Episode 354: Cody Thomas
Keychain is one of the best password managers on the market - especially for the money. In this episode, we chat with Cody Thomas about his research into Keychain security, where he was able to find some successes in red teaming, and where his attempts were thwarted! Hosts: Charles Edge - @cedge318 Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Guests: Cody Thomas - LinkedIn Links: Cody Thomas at Objective By The Sea 2022 Cody Thomas at Objective By The Sea 2021 Sponsors: Kandji Kolide Siit Nudge Security Watchman Monitoring If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email podcast@macadmins.org for more information. Get the latest about the Mac Admins Podcast, follow us on Twitter! We're @MacAdmPodcast! The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd, Damien Barrett, Justin Holt, Chad Swarthout, William Smith, Stephen Weinstein, Seb Nash, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Sfarra, Nate Cinal, Jon Brown, Dan Barker, Tim Perfitt, Ashley MacKinlay, Tobias Linder Philippe Daoust, AJ Potrebka, Adam Burg, & Hamlin Krewson

Feb 19, 2024 • 57min
Episode 353: MacAD for 2024
MacAD returns to Brighton in May of 2024! We're excited to welcome members of the organizing committee, Maxine & Liam join the podcast to talk about this year's conference, what attendees can expect, and why you should be booking your trip. Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Charles Edge - @cedge318 Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Guests: Maxine Davenport - LinkedIn Liam Donnelly - LinkedIn Links: https://www.macad.uk macad@macad.uk Sponsors: Kandji Kolide Siit Nudge Security Watchman Monitoring If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email podcast@macadmins.org for more information. Get the latest about the Mac Admins Podcast, follow us on Twitter! We're @MacAdmPodcast! The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd, Damien Barrett, Justin Holt, Chad Swarthout, William Smith, Stephen Weinstein, Seb Nash, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Sfarra, Nate Cinal, Jon Brown, Dan Barker, Tim Perfitt, Ashley MacKinlay, Tobias Linder Philippe Daoust, AJ Potrebka, Adam Burg, & Hamlin Krewson

Feb 14, 2024 • 54min
Episode 352: Blake Brandon from 1Password
Blake Brandon from 1Password joins the hosts to discuss securing and sharing secrets for admins, including passwords, SSH keys, and certs. They explore mass deployments and IdP integrations. They also delve into the evolution of passwords, the benefits of using tools like OnePassword, the transformation of QR codes, and the integration of password management platforms with identity providers.

Feb 5, 2024 • 57min
Episode 351: Yoann Gini on Bravas
Bravas is a new offering based out of the EU, focused on the small business market. Identity and Device Management together, they're trying something new for the SMB market. Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Charles Edge - @cedge318 Guests: Yoann Gini - LinkedIn Links: Bravas - https://www.bravas.io/en/ JWT - https://jwt.io/ WebAuthN - https://webauthn.io/ Shared Signals Framework - https://openid.net/wg/sharedsignals/ XKCD Standards - https://xkcd.com/927/ Kotlin Language - https://kotlinlang.org/ ACME - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_Certificate_Management_Environment SCEP - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Certificate_Enrollment_Protocol ACME vs SCEP, from Secure W-2 - https://www.securew2.com/blog/acme-ios-certificate-enrollment Sponsors: Kandji Kolide Siit Nudge Security Watchman Monitoring If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email podcast@macadmins.org for more information. Get the latest about the Mac Admins Podcast, follow us on Twitter! We're @MacAdmPodcast! The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd, Damien Barrett, Justin Holt, Chad Swarthout, William Smith, Stephen Weinstein, Seb Nash, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Sfarra, Nate Cinal, Jon Brown, Dan Barker, Tim Perfitt, Ashley MacKinlay, Tobias Linder Philippe Daoust, AJ Potrebka, Adam Burg, & Hamlin Krewson

Jan 30, 2024 • 1h 6min
Episode 350: Shyam Bhojwani on Workato for MacAdmins
The world is a collection of not-yet-interconnected endpoints. Today, we're going to talk to Shyam Bhojwani, Director, Business Technology & Cybersecurity on one of the ways to connect those endpoints! Hosts: Charles Edge - @cedge318 Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Guests: Shyam Bhojwani - LinkedIn Links: Workato Systematic Community - Workato Sponsors: Kandji Kolide Siit Nudge Security Watchman Monitoring If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email podcast@macadmins.org for more information. Get the latest about the Mac Admins Podcast, follow us on Twitter! We're @MacAdmPodcast! The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd, Damien Barrett, Justin Holt, Chad Swarthout, William Smith, Stephen Weinstein, Seb Nash, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Sfarra, Nate Cinal, Jon Brown, Dan Barker, Tim Perfitt, Ashley MacKinlay, Tobias Linder Philippe Daoust, AJ Potrebka, Adam Burg, & Hamlin Krewson

Jan 22, 2024 • 1h 2min
Episode 349: Andrew Robinson On Evaluating New Tech
New tech comes and goes faster than ever. In today's episode we'll look at evaluating when it's time to come to users with plans and/or products to help them either embrace or hold off on it, with Andrew Robinson. Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Charles Edge - @cedge318 Guests: Andrew Robinson - LinkedIn Links: Set up iCloud Keychain – Apple Support (AU) Two-factor authentication for Apple ID User Presence vs User Verification Log into Bitwarden with a passkey Sponsors: Kandji Kolide Siit Nudge Security Watchman Monitoring If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email podcast@macadmins.org for more information. Get the latest about the Mac Admins Podcast, follow us on Twitter! We're @MacAdmPodcast! The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd, Damien Barrett, Justin Holt, Chad Swarthout, William Smith, Stephen Weinstein, Seb Nash, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Sfarra, Nate Cinal, Jon Brown, Dan Barker, Tim Perfitt, Ashley MacKinlay, Tobias Linder Philippe Daoust, AJ Potrebka, Adam Burg, & Hamlin Krewson

Jan 15, 2024 • 1h 9min
Episode 348: Stuart and Matt On Aftermath
Aftermath is a Swift-based, open-source incident response framework. We're here with the main contributors to the project to talk about incident response, security life on macOS in late 2023, and using good tools to help make security better. Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Charles Edge - @cedge318 Guests: Stuart Ashenbrenner - LinkedIn Matt Benyo - LinkedIn Links: Aftermath on Github: https://github.com/jamf/aftermath Jamf post about Aftermath: https://www.jamf.com/blog/aftermath-open-source-incident-response-tool/ Jaron's Book: https://www.amazon.com/OS-Incident-Response-Scripting-Analysis-ebook/dp/B01FHOHHVS Episode with Jaron from the Jamf Threat Labs Team: https://podcast.macadmins.org/2021/08/09/episode-228-supply-chain-attackery/ https://xkcd.com/2867/ Venator (now retired): https://github.com/richiercyrus/Venator Sponsors: Kandji Kolide Siit IT Helpdesk Nudge Security Watchman Monitoring If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email podcast@macadmins.org for more information. Get the latest about the Mac Admins Podcast, follow us on Twitter! We're @MacAdmPodcast! The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd, Damien Barrett, Justin Holt, Chad Swarthout, William Smith, Stephen Weinstein, Seb Nash, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Sfarra, Nate Cinal, Jon Brown, Dan Barker, Tim Perfitt, Ashley MacKinlay, Tobias Linder Philippe Daoust, AJ Potrebka, Adam Burg, & Hamlin Krewson

Jan 8, 2024 • 1h 34min
Episode 347: 2024 Prologue

Dec 30, 2023 • 1h 58min
Flashcast 13: 2023 in Review
A review of the year that was! 2023 was monumental in so many ways – a huge WWDC, great new hardware, a ton of new management concepts – and 2024 is full of promise. Tom, Charles, Marcus, and Emily take us through the highlights, and have a few predictions for what 2024 will bring. Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Charles Edge - @cedge318 Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Dr. Emily Kausalik-Whittle - @emilyooo Links: https://eclecticlight.co/2023/12/02/rip-rsr/ https://www.sudoade.com/ddm-software-update-logs/ https://www.macadmins.in/ https://podcast.macadmins.org/2023/07/24/episode-325-karthikeyan-on-being-a-macadmin-in-india/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckfast_Tonic_Wine Joel's Talk at MSA: https://docs.macsysadmin.se/2023/video_h265/Day2Session7.mp4 Sponsors: Kandji Kolide Watchman Monitoring If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email podcast@macadmins.org for more information. Get the latest about the Mac Admins Podcast, follow us on Twitter! We're @MacAdmPodcast! The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd, Damien Barrett, Justin Holt, Chad Swarthout, William Smith, Stephen Weinstein, Seb Nash, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Sfarra, Nate Cinal, Jon Brown, Dan Barker, Tim Perfitt, Ashley MacKinlay, Tobias Linder Philippe Daoust, AJ Potrebka, Adam Burg, & Hamlin Krewson

Dec 18, 2023 • 1h 9min
Episode 346: Dan K. Snelson
Dan Snelson has been in the Apple admin community for a long time and builds lots of great tools to help others. Join us this week to celebrate and learn more about his contributions! Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Charles Edge - @cedge318 Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Guests: Dan K. Snelson - Blog Links: AppleShare IP Xserve macOS Server Kaseya JNUC 2017 Beta Program Honor Roll swiftDialog #swiftdialog MacAdmins Slack Channel #setup-your-mac MacAdmins Slack Channel MDMAppsDeploy swiftEnrolment Setup Your Mac (1.13.0): Under-the-hood Setup Your Mac with SYM-Helper.app Setup Your Mac: Racing Stripes, Gotchas and "One More Thing" | JNUC 2023 Setup Your Mac: Jamf Pro Policy Validation Actionable messages with Jamf Helper Display Message (0.0.8) via swiftDialog Custom Branded Notifications & Messages with swiftDialog Snippets in Visual Studio Code Jamf Pro LAPS: Retrieving Password via Terminal Brickset.com Sponsoring Sponsors: Kandji Kolide Watchman Monitoring If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email podcast@macadmins.org for more information. Get the latest about the Mac Admins Podcast, follow us on Twitter! We're @MacAdmPodcast! The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd, Damien Barrett, Justin Holt, Chad Swarthout, William Smith, Stephen Weinstein, Seb Nash, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Sfarra, Nate Cinal, Jon Brown, Dan Barker, Tim Perfitt, Ashley MacKinlay, Tobias Linder Philippe Daoust, AJ Potrebka, Adam Burg, & Hamlin Krewson


