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Re:Is macOS’s new XProtect behavioural security preparing to... by kaba0 on Monday September 04, 2023 @02:58PM (#37383705)
For what it's worth, most if not all "anti-virus" software that corps buy are borderline malware themselves and doesn't worth shit. The reason they even exist is that corps get to tick "security" on some bullshit bureaucracy check list. One reason I prefer Macs on company laptops is that corp doesn't get to modify it all that much.
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Re:Is macOS’s new XProtect behavioural security preparing to... by AaronM on Monday September 04, 2023 @04:15PM (#37384540)
PCI compliance mandates virus/ malware protection, so many orgs that handle card data are forced to run it.
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Re:Is macOS’s new XProtect behavioural security preparing to... by olyjohn on Monday September 04, 2023 @06:57PM (#37385970)
Yeah the compliance is the same whether you use Windows, Mac or Linux. We run Microsoft Defender on our Macs. And have JAMF, and Beyond Trust. All the same shitty corp management software works on Macs now because they are popular in the workplace. If your corp isn't managing them the same as Windows, they either have no third party security audits, or your company is not compliant.
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