JNUC 2026 — One Committed Secret and the GitOps Framework That Saved Me

How a single committed secret inspired a complete rethinking of Jamf Pro script management — and the open-source framework that came out of it. Presented at JNUC 2026, Kansas City, MO.

September 25, 2026 · 1 min · Matt Parker

MacAdmins 2026 — Session: Security Called

Security Called: How I Turned a Scripting Disaster into a GitOps Pipeline, presented at the Mac Admins Conference at Penn State.

July 10, 2026 · 1 min · Matt Parker

Shikomi at Concord Software Developers

One Committed Secret and the Scaffolding Tool That Changed My Workflow, presented at the Concord Software Developers meetup, Concord, NC.

May 14, 2026 · 1 min · Matt Parker

Detecting Shadow AI on Managed Macs

As AI tools proliferate faster than security reviews can keep up, IT teams need fleet-wide visibility into what’s actually running. Three Jamf Extension Attributes for detecting LiteLLM, compromised npm packages, and AI gateway tools across your managed endpoints.

April 21, 2026 · 4 min · Matt Parker

Sentinel: Building a CVE-Aware macOS Update System

How I built a two-component macOS update management system that ties CVE severity directly to deployment urgency, so users get accurate security context and admins get phased rollouts that automatically accelerate when it matters.

January 30, 2026 · 8 min · Matt Parker