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Jamf Launches Beacon, a Premium macOS Threat‑Hunting Service

It gives organizations specialized macOS threat hunting using Apple‑native telemetry while keeping operational control with customers.

Overview

  • Jamf announced Beacon on Wednesday as a generally available add‑on professional‑services offering for Jamf for Mac and Jamf for Mac Higher Ed customers.
  • The service embeds Jamf Threat Labs detection engineers and macOS threat hunters inside customer environments to perform proactive hunting, investigation, and prioritized reporting.
  • Beacon uses Jamf telemetry built on Apple’s Endpoint Security API to monitor process, file, network, and behavior signals so analysts can hunt Apple‑specific attack techniques.
  • Jamf Threat Labs delivers comprehensive investigation reports and actionable remediation steps while customers retain full ownership of containment and policy decisions.
  • The launch responds to growing enterprise Mac use and a rise in macOS‑targeted threats, and it may cut attacker dwell time for organizations that lack Apple‑specific security expertise.