Jamf, the standard in managing and securing Apple at work, today announced 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 reporting. This move makes Jamf first-to-market to deliver native, OS-level AI governance controls for Mac. Many organizations struggle to confidently audit and report on AI tool usage across their device fleet, including both sanctioned applications and unsanctioned or prohibited tools.
Jamf launches first-of-its-kind native AI control plane for Mac with AI Governance.
Support for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, and OpenAI Codex at launch.
Vendor control tracking engine continuously monitors for new or updated controls.
Integration with Okta for AI Agents for managed identity and scoped access.
AI Governance Survey found deeply integrated AI organizations 40% more likely to report incidents.
Jamf manages over 35 million devices across 78,000+ organizations.
AI tools run natively on Apple Silicon and operate as processes that existing network proxies and cloud-based tooling cannot fully see or govern. No existing tool unifies platform-native device management, deep AI tool configuration coverage, and a workflow that translates governance intent into vendor-correct configuration on macOS. Jamf AI Governance closes that gap by enabling visibility of Shadow AI and providing granular AI configurations natively, deployed in minutes, through the same endpoint management control plane that admins use today.
AI Governance provides visibility through AI application visibility and shadow AI discovery, surfacing AI tools, agents, and LLM runtime across the fleet using Jamf's existing telemetry agent without requiring a new agent. Control features let IT define sanctioned tools, deploy access policy at scale, and scope different postures to different teams with vendor-correct configurations applied automatically. Governance capabilities include an executive AI posture report providing CIOs and CISOs with a snapshot-in-time summary of AI usage, with SIEM compatibility and designed to assist with compliance reporting.
IT and security teams can use Jamf to discover AI tools running across MacOS devices and register those agents directly with Okta for AI Agents, giving each one a managed identity and scoped access to only the resources it is allowed to reach. Jamf controls which MCP servers can run on the device while Okta controls what cloud resources those MCP servers can reach. Rather than long-lived static keys, agents use short-lived, vaulted credentials, and every action is authorized and logged.
Beth Tschida, CEO at Jamf, stated: "AI adoption across the enterprise is moving faster than existing technology policies can keep up. Organizations 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."
Sam Lalli, Security Engineering & SOC Manager at Eventbrite, added: "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."
Jamf's recently released AI Governance Survey found that organizations with deeply integrated AI are 40% more likely to report an incident than those still in the exploration phase, suggesting AI governance is quickly becoming an operational requirement rather than a future planning exercise. Gartner mentions that spending on AI governance is expected to reach $492 million in 2026 and surpass $1 billion by 2030.
About Jamf
Jamf's purpose is to simplify work by helping organizations manage and secure Apple devices while delivering an experience end users love and organizations trust. Built for the AI-enabled Apple enterprise, the Jamf platform provides a complete management and security solution with autonomous endpoint management and AI governance across cloud and on-device models. Today, Jamf helps over 78,000 organizations across 100 countries manage and secure over 35 million devices.
