Guide
MacOS Enterprise Management And MDM Artefacts
19 pages · 27 min read
- Apple and macOS forensics
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MacOS Enterprise Management And MDM Artefacts
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ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT & MDM · A GUIDE FOR UK LAWYERS
macOS Enterprise Management and MDM
Artefacts
The Managed Mac: Central Control, Central Records, and the Route Around a
11 Questions to ask · Suggested wording
12 Checklist and red flags · When to involve a digital forensic expert
13 Frequently asked questions
14 Glossary · References · Disclaimer · How a specialist laboratory can assist
Executive summary
The headline point: most workplace Macs are managed through MDM, which leaves artefacts on the device
device.
§ 02 · FIRST PRINCIPLES
The problem in plain English: the managed Mac is not alone
Ask your client
Ask your opponent (or the or g an is at i on)
§ 12 · QUICK CONTROL
Checklist and red flags · When to involve a digital forensic
expert
Why does it matter whether a Mac is managed?
The company Mac is locked. Can we still get in?
Can the employer just access everything on the Mac?
The device was remotely wiped. Is everything gone?
How does a managed Mac connect to the wider case?
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§ Common questions
Frequently asked questions
- Why does it matter whether a Mac is managed?
- Because it changes everything about evidence and access (
- What does the MDM console actually hold?
- A central, independent record of the device (
- The device was remotely wiped. Is everything gone?
- The local data may be, but the record often is not (
- How does a managed Mac connect to the wider case?
- Through the enterprise estate it belongs to (
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