Hardening Your Macs: Keeping Apple Computers Safe at the Hardware and Software Level

Learn the skills and solutions required to secure your Mac's operating system, the underlying hardware, and allow users to get work done safely. This book will show you how to create a Mac that's made of steel and won't buckle when attacked!
Ok, there's no such thing as unhackable. No magic tool or silver bullet will eliminate risk in all forms. Security is an ongoing journey - not a simple action or software application. And that is exactly what you'll learn to master--the foundational knowledge, skills, and mindset to holistically protect Macs. Regardless of whether it's your personal iMac or a fleet of MacBook Pro's assigned to the remote employees within your organization, you'll be able to limit access while identifying and mitigating risk unique to your environment.
In addition to the information security best practices pertaining to protecting Apple computers, you'll pivot to a coherent, security-focused mindset to better understand macOS-specific security. You'll learn how it works and what tools and software are available to help. Both native and 3rd-party tool are covered. Safe guard your system's privacy data and capitalize on effectively locking down the security of your Mac computers against known threats and newer trends that continue to evolve.
Hardening Your Macs is the perfect roadmap to stopping malicious attacks and bad actors from spying on users through cameras, microphones, and other built-in tools that could potentially be used against users and organizations alike.

What You'll Learn

• Grasp the mindset of attackers--how they plan and execute malicious incursions
• Implement hardware solutions as well as software safeguards
• Take advantage of Apple's built-in macOS security features in addition to 3rd party tools
• Avoid attacks on your system that could compromise sensitive corporate data and personally identifiable information
  

Who This Book Is For

IT admins responsible for managing Mac device security. Additionally users of Apple products that may have some experience using the platform in general but are not versed in security, as well as, those switching from Windows platforms will find useful information here. And anyone that wishes to expand their information security skills and/or develop a security-focused mindset to better protect their personal information and privacy data from the numerous and growing threats in the wild, such as malware and phishing.

學習保護您的Mac作業系統所需的技能和解決方案，以及保護底層硬體並讓使用者安全完成工作。本書將向您展示如何打造一台堅固的Mac，並在受到攻擊時不會崩潰！嗯，沒有絕對無法入侵的系統。沒有魔法工具或萬能解藥能夠消除所有風險。安全是一個持續的旅程，而不是一個簡單的行動或軟體應用。這正是您將學習掌握的內容 - 基礎知識、技能和心態，以全面保護Mac。無論是您個人的iMac還是分配給組織內遠程員工的一批MacBook Pro，您都能夠限制訪問權限，同時識別和減輕您環境中獨特的風險。除了與保護蘋果電腦相關的資訊安全最佳實踐外，您還將轉向一種一致的、以安全為重點的心態，以更好地了解macOS特定的安全性。您將學習它的運作方式以及可用的工具和軟體。本書涵蓋了原生和第三方工具。保護系統的隱私數據，並有效地鎖定Mac電腦的安全性，以防範已知的威脅和不斷演變的新趨勢。《Hardening Your Macs》是阻止惡意攻擊和不良行為者通過攝像頭、麥克風和其他內建工具對使用者和組織進行監視的完美路線圖。

您將學到以下內容：
- 理解攻擊者的心態 - 他們如何計劃和執行惡意入侵
- 實施硬體解決方案以及軟體保護措施
- 利用蘋果內建的macOS安全功能以及第三方工具
- 避免系統受到攻擊，可能危及敏感企業數據和個人身份信息

本書適合以下讀者：
- 負責管理Mac設備安全性的IT管理員
- 有一定使用蘋果產品經驗但對安全性不熟悉的蘋果用戶
- 從Windows平台轉換而來的用戶，尋求有用的資訊
- 希望擴展其資訊安全技能和/或培養以安全為重點的心態，以更好地保護個人信息和隱私數據免受眾多不斷增長的威脅（如惡意軟體和釣魚）的任何人。

Jesus Vigo, Jr. brings 25 years of experience, ranging from entry-level Help Desk to Systems Administrator, pivoting to Network Administration, with a concentration on Information Security. During this time, he has earned over thirty industry certifications - all current - and obtained a B.S. in CyberSecurity & Information Assurance, in addition to lending his expertise to CompTIA as a Subject Matter Expert and writing numerous online and printed publications on wide-ranging IT topics as they relate to cybersecurity and hardening endpoints to protect hardware, users, and private data. During this time, he expanded his skillset to incorporate Apple devices, including supporting macOS and iOS-based devices in a remote, 1:1 CYOD initiative, incorporating industry best practices, endpoint security configurations, and extensive scripting to achieve automating workflows to adhere to Device Lifecycle Management processes for over 60,000 Apple-based devices.

Jesus Vigo, Jr.擁有25年的經驗，從入門級的Help Desk到系統管理員，再轉向網絡管理，專注於信息安全。在此期間，他獲得了超過30個行業認證 - 全部都是最新的 - 並獲得了計算機安全和信息保護學士學位，此外，他還擔任CompTIA的主題專家，並撰寫了許多關於IT主題的線上和印刷出版物，涉及到與網絡安全和硬化終端有關的廣泛IT話題，以保護硬件、用戶和私人數據。在此期間，他擴展了自己的技能組合，包括支持蘋果設備，包括在遠程1:1 CYOD計劃中支持macOS和iOS設備，並結合行業最佳實踐、終端安全配置和廣泛的腳本編寫，實現自動化工作流程，以遵循超過60,000個基於蘋果的設備的設備生命周期管理流程。