Simply put, Tailscale provides secure VPN access to people who hate VPN tools. I’ve said previously that their team looked at everything that was wrong, complex to configure, and challenging to use and said, “What if we just made all of that better?”. Today, the company is announcing a new integration with Jamf Pro for deploying Tailscale across macOS, iPadOS, and iOS devices while leveraging Jamf’s device compliance capabilities to dynamically inform user access and enforce Zero Trust principles.
The best networking solutions are the ones you don’t even notice because they just work. That’s what this partnership with Jamf is all about—making secure networking invisible for IT teams and users alike. With this integration, IT admins get a straightforward way to deploy Tailscale, and end users can keep doing their work without ever worrying about complicated setups or weird VPN errors. – Avery Pennarun, CEO and Co-Founder of Tailscale.
This new Tailscale integration leverages Jamf Pro’s device compliance features to check for disk encryption, active firewalls, and up-to-date versions of Apple’s OS to enforce Tailscale’s Zero Trust networking principles. The end result creates a solution that combines simplicity with security, eliminating headaches for IT teams managing large fleets of Apple devices while needing secure remote access/VPN technology.
Key features of the integration:
- Easily enable Zero Trust security: IT admins can use Jamf Pro’s compliance tools to make that only verified devices with active firewalls, disk encryption, and updated macOS/iOS —can connect to the remote network.
- Automating setup and configuration: Tailscale can be deployed automatically via Jamf Pro, eliminating needing a manual setup and ensuring consistent security policies across the organization with zero-touch
- Improving access control: Dynamic policy enforcement ensures that only compliant devices can connect to sensitive IT systems, reducing your overall infosec risk.
Wrap up on Jamf Pro and Tailscale
As Apple’s footprint in the enterprise continues to grow, so do the demands on IT teams to maintain secure access while keeping deployment processes simple and easy to manage. Simply put, most VPN solutions are terrible for IT and terrible for the end user. Tailscale’s new Jamf integration makes its solution even easier to deploy.
The Tailscale and Jamf Pro integration is available on the Jamf Marketplace. For step-by-step instructions on deployment, take a look at Tailscale’s documentation or read the announcement blog post here.
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