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Avoid common security mistakes on your Mac
Pareto Desktop is a standalone open-source app that makes sure your Mac is correctly configured for security.
To learn more how your company can use Pareto Cloud for device monitoring and compliance, see Device Monitoring.
How Pareto Desktop keeps you safe
Here are a few completely realistic scenarios that can happen if you have your Mac's security misconfigured.
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Mike forgot to enable FileVault disk encryption after OS reinstall, then someone stole his MacBook, and now they have all of his photos, documents, and business files.
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Suzie turned off the Firewall to debug a router, did not remember to turn it back on, and accidentally exposed her local webserver to the entire Starbucks network.
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James lent his MacBook to mom for a weekend, forgot he enabled automatic login for her convenience, then found his son playing on his company's Slack.
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Paul needed to turn off Gatekeeper to install an app he found on the Internet, then failed to turn it back on again, and his Mac got infected with malware.
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Marie did not set auto-updating of apps and got hacked because she was not running a recent app version with the security patch applied.
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Mia used her MacBook for a presentation, disabled automatic screen locking, forgot to re-enable it, only to find coworkers having fun with her Facebook.
The simplest security is the most important
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27 Security Checks
- Aimed at regular users, not security geeks.
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Zero Hassle
- Running automagically in the background. Snoozable.
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Transparent & Private
- Open-sourced. Runs locally on your device.
What does the app check?
Pareto Security follows any of the popular compliance frameworks. Alternatively, you can create your own checks selection.
A few months after I bought my new Air, I was checking some settings, and I noticed with horror that FileVault was turned off. When I started thinking of all the travel I did and where I left my Mac, I broke out in cold sweat. I have important company documents on my computer that would be easily accessible if anyone got their hands on it.
So I was telling this story to my coworker, and we were musing at my carelessness. Then I asked him to check his computer with our app, then in just the alpha version. And, lo and behold, his FileVault was also disabled. He couldn't believe it. Same as me, he was 100% sure he had it turned on.
Macs have great security out-of-box. But it's not worth anything if it's not turned on. Pareto Desktop makes sure it is.
Pareto Security is focused on privacy and transparency
The device owner keeps full control over their device. Pareto Desktop does not enable any remote access, and only sends the minimum compliance information to Pareto Cloud:
- The list of passed and failed checks
- Unique device ID & device name
- macOS and app version
- Date and time of last check
Pareto Desktop is open source.
