Mindware partners with Jamf to boost Apple device security in UAE, Bahrain and Jordan. 2 minutes read Mindware has announced a strategic partnership with Jamf, the standard in managing and securing Apple at work. Under this agreement, Jamf has appointed Mindware as an authorised distributor to expand the reach of its Apple device management and security solutions across the regional markets of United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Jordan. Mindware was chosen for its deep understanding of reseller requirements and a proven legacy of reliability and service excellence spanning more than 30 years. The partnership enables Jamf to scale its presence across strategic markets in the Middle East by leveraging Mindware's extensive network of resellers and system integrators. Through this collaboration, Mindware will distribute Jamf's full commercial portfolio, including Jamf for Mac, Jamf for Mobile, and Jamf for K-12, alongside training, certifications, and value-added services to support partners. As regional organisations increasingly adopt Apple devices within enterprise environments, the demand for purpose-built Apple management and security solutions continues to grow. This partnership comes at a pivotal time, enabling businesses to securely manage, deploy, and scale Apple devices while enhancing user experience and maintaining compliance. Mindware will play a central role in enabling Jamf's reseller ecosystem by delivering a comprehensive set of value-added services. The objective is to equip partners with the expertise and tools required to effectively position and deploy Jamf solutions. The partnership addresses a significant market opportunity driven by rising Apple adoption, employee choice programmes, increasing cybersecurity requirements, and the shift toward remote and hybrid work environments. It also supports growing demand in key sectors such as financial services, government, education, and aviation. Jamf strengthens Mindware's portfolio by introducing a dedicated Apple-native management and security platform. Unlike cross-platform tools, Jamf is purpose-built for Apple environments, offering same-day operating system support, deep integration with Apple Business Manager and Apple School Manager, and advanced capabilities in threat detection, compliance, and zero-trust access. "Our partnership with Jamf represents a strategic step in strengthening our endpoint and cybersecurity portfolio," said Nicholas Argyrides, Vice President - Gulf & East Africa at Mindware. "As Apple adoption continues to accelerate within enterprise environments, our role is to enable partners with the right solutions, expertise, and support to meet this demand. Together with Jamf, we are committed to building a strong, scalable ecosystem that empowers organisations to securely manage and maximise their Apple environments." "UAE, Bahrain and Jordan represent a significant and fast-growing opportunity for Apple in the enterprise," said David Helfer, Chief Revenue Officer at Jamf. "Organisations in these countries are increasingly choosing Apple devices for their workforce, and they need a management and security platform that is purpose-built for Apple to realise that investment. Mindware's reach, regional expertise, and track record make them exactly the right distribution partner to bring Jamf's platform to scale across the region. We're excited about what we can build together." The partnership will officially go live in July 2026, with a structured rollout plan that includes partner onboarding, enablement programmes, and joint go-to-market initiatives such as launch events, co-branded campaigns, and MDF-supported demand generation activities.

Jamf Nation Live 2026 in London and Berlin: the Jamf platform is built for what's next. Bringing together customers, channel partners and technology partners, Jamf Nation celebrated its annual community event in Europe this June. July 13 2026 by Mignon Wagner After six successful 2026 Jamf Nation Live user events in the US, this wildly popular community event came to London and Berlin on June 16 and 23, respectively. The traveling event brought together customers, channel partners and Jamf Nation members to exchange ideas, brainstorm solutions and connect. Both events laid out a clear vision of where the Jamf platform is headed. DDM is no longer the future; it's the standard. Apple device management is now synonymous with Declarative Device Management (DDM). As this new Apple protocol grows and evolves, Jamf grows right along with it. Jamf Nation already has access to blueprints as well as new declarations that deploy configurations across every Apple platform. Compliance benchmarks back blueprints with continuous verification and automated remediation. And the Jamf Protect agent streams Apple-native telemetry to leading SIEMs - probably including yours. But that's just the start. At Jamf Nation Live London and Berlin, Jamf leaders shared developments with the enthusiastic crowd: * Beacon by Jamf Threat Labs is a new embedded threat-hunting service, informed by Jamf's own researchers. * Jamf Concepts now offers a new app for Mac onboarding: Setup Checklist. It provides a guided first-login experience for Jamf-managed Macs, walking users through the enrollment and setup process and ensuring devices are properly configured. * AI Governance for Mac, which launched on June 30, gives admins visibility into what AI tools are running across their fleet and allows IT to control and manage their behaviors. The keynotes for Jamf Nation Live London and Berlin 2026. Jamf CEO Beth Tschida opened both sessions by framing the pressures admins face today: * Rising user expectations * Expanding regulatory requirements across NIS2, DORA, GDPR and now the EU AI Act * An Apple ecosystem that is evolving faster than ever Jamf's platform is the answer to that pressure. Its experts have built it on a modern cloud infrastructure enabled by APIs, UI and AI; accessible from a single entry point: Jamf Account. After all, said Tschida, great technology experiences are built. Not bolted on. AI Governance: the problem with AI tools. According to a recent PagerDuty survey, Employees are already using AI tools that they first used at home and then installed at work independently, such as Claude Code, Copilot, Cursor or ChatGPT. In fact, according to the study, "Among those who have ever used AI as part of their work responsibilities, two-thirds (66%) have used AI tools or services at work even though they believed they were not allowed under company policies." This standard practice has resulted in a shadow AI problem that can make classified company data public. Believe it or not, according to the same study, 88% of the global workforce has shared work-related information with public AI tools. And across Europe, the EU AI Act is adding a compliance dimension to an already existing oversight gap. Visibility. AI Governance's AI application inventory shows: * What AI tools staff use * What data these tools process * Which queries can pose a risk Also in this rollout: MCP Server Inventory that reports what Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers are running and which AI clients are connected to them. All of it is built on first-party Jamf Protect telemetry: the same agent and the same infrastructure that Jamf customers already use. Governance. With AI model selection, file system permissions, MCP server restrictions and command-level allow and deny lists, Apple admins can build policies that control how AI tools behave. Then, they can deploy the policies through blueprints to any Smart Group. The policy builder generates configuration automatically, no there is no JSON or YAML editing required. When Anthropic or another vendor ships updated enterprise controls, Jamf's vendor control tracking surfaces the new options within days. The governance report then pulls together information on: * AI use throughout the fleet * The use of sanctioned vs. ungoverned tools * A list of every active policy * A full audit trail that's exportable and ready to hand to a CISO or regulator Jamf blueprints: the engine for declarative delivery. With Apple officially designating DDM as the new standard, blueprints have become the primary way admins deploy and manage configurations across every Apple platform. During the keynote, Jamf leaders walked attendees through three software update workflows: deferral, enforcement and set-and-forget automation. Admins can configure all three in one place using Jamf AI Assistant to help IT build the right configurations quickly and with no need to dig through documentation. MDM deprecation in OS 27: the need for speed. With the deprecation of legacy MDM commands coming in OS 27, blueprints aren't just a better workflow; they're the only path forward. Mac admins need to be ready before it comes. Compliance and security: from configured to verified. Apple administrators must connect the dots between configuration and security posture. Configuration. Compliance requirements can go a long way toward strengthening your organization's security posture, especially if they are applied consistently. As mentioned above, modern Apple admins use blueprints to set the configurations that rule compliance and then assign them to various dynamic Smart Groups to ensure that the correct users and devices receive the proper configurations. Verification. Jamf's compliance benchmarks are built on the macOS Security Compliance Project and aligned to CIS and NIST. Compliance benchmarks continuously verify device states and auto-remediate on the devices themselves if the device falls out of compliance. A Jamf Protect agent sits underneath it all, streaming Apple-native telemetry to SIEMs like Sentinel, Splunk and Google SecOps. And, as mentioned above, for teams that want expert eyes on that data, Beacon by Jamf Threat Labs puts Jamf's own Mac threat researchers to work in your environment. Key takeaways. DDM and popular AI tools have utterly transformed how Apple administrators manage and protect devices and users, and more transformation is ahead. Jamf has made it easy to safely navigate this new world in which devices have turned into AI endpoints - each running multiple AI tools simultaneously. With cross-platform support from AI Assistant and additional threat hunting services, Jamf is here to support you. 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Jamf launches a native AI control plane for Mac. Device management solutions company, Jamf has announced the general availability of AI Governance, a new capability within Jamf for Mac that enables IT and security teams to discover actively used AI tools, enforce policy controls, and generate audit-ready reports. "AI adoption across the enterprise is moving faster than existing technology policies can keep up," said Beth Tschida, CEO at Jamf. "Organisations need governance that matches the way AI tools actually operate on Mac. This means visibility into what's running, policy controls enforced directly on the endpoint, and reporting that helps security teams demonstrate compliance. Our AI Governance capability delivers that natively from the same platform customers already trust to manage and secure Apple devices." AI Governance. Jamf said AI Governance helps organisations manage and secure the use of artificial intelligence applications on enterprise devices by providing visibility into AI tools running on endpoints, including Shadow AI. This enables security teams to monitor usage, assess risks, and support compliance. With launch support for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, and OpenAI Codex, AI Governance offers policy controls covering model access, network permissions, file system controls, MCP server restrictions, and other vendor-specific AI configurations. Jamf said the capability establishes tamper-resistant security policies before users access AI tools. It also enables IT administrators to monitor, control, and govern AI deployments through its existing macOS endpoint management platform. Sam Lalli, Security Engineering & SOC manager at Eventbrite, said: "What impressed us about Jamf's AI Governance was how quickly we could apply policy across our Mac fleet without adding another point solution or creating friction for developers. Having this critical capability built into the same device management platform we already use really simplifies AI governance for our team."