Trust, But Verify: Exposing Risk in Your App Catalog | Mac Admins Europe 2026
Alexandra Smith, Lead Endpoint Security Engineer at Adyen, explains how Apple admins and security teams can evaluate whether macOS applications are suitable and safe before adding them to an app catalog.
In this Mac Admins Europe 2026 session, Alexandra explores the challenge of validating executables requested by users, teams, and communities. The talk focuses on inspecting the structure of Mach-O binaries and understanding the choices made by both developers and threat actors.
This session is for Mac admins, endpoint security teams, and security analysts who need to make informed decisions about the software they approve, deploy, and maintain across Apple environments.
Topics include macOS security, executable validation, Mach-O binaries, app catalog risk, software review, threat hunting, endpoint security, and Apple platform security.
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