
Cyber Essentials v3.3: The Complete Guide to April 2026 Changes
Cyber Essentials v3.3 takes effect 27 April 2026. Cloud services now mandatory in scope, MFA is a hard fail, and stricter scoping rules apply. Complete guide to compliance.
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WWDC 2026 brought two big shifts for managed Macs: native binary allow and deny lists through the Endpoint Security framework, and a new declarative privacy framework that replaces PPPC. Here is what changes, with the exact MDM keys, and what UK businesses should do before the autumn release.

We needed a USB-C Power Delivery breakout for a hardware project and the board that fits can't be bought right now. So we designed and manufactured our own with KiCad and Claude Code. Here's the full build, including the mistakes.

Munki is alive in 2026: version 7 is a full Swift rewrite supporting macOS 26. But it was never an MDM. Here's where Munki still wins, where Jamf, Mosyle and Intune take over, and the pairing most teams should run.

Passkeys map cleanly to FIDO2 and the maths is bulletproof. Enterprise rollouts still break, on recovery, mixed fleets, and enrollment. Here's how to do it properly on a Mac-first estate.

Why a Mac-specialist MSP beats a Windows-first generalist for Mac-heavy UK teams. The IBM support data, where Active Directory and RMM tools fail on macOS, and how to tell if your provider is genuinely Apple-capable.

ClickFix tricks Mac users into pasting a malware command into Terminal themselves. Here is how it works, why it walks past notarisation and even passkeys, the macOS Tahoe 26.4 paste warning, and what UK businesses should do.

Jamf Protect, CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne Singularity, and Sophos Intercept X for Mac compared. 2026 pricing, macOS depth, ransomware rollback, managed services, and how to choose for UK businesses.

NCSC's macOS guidance and the CIS Apple macOS Benchmark cover most of what UK businesses need on Mac. Here's what they say, where they overlap, and what to do about macOS Tahoe.

Apple Business launched on 14 April 2026 with free built-in MDM, replacing Apple Business Manager and Apple Business Essentials. Here's when it's enough for UK SMEs and when you need Jamf, Intune, or Iru instead.