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Analysis of Apple in regulated environments: certification landscape, architectural decisions, operational questions. Written for the people who have to decide.
A product certificate is not permission to operate
A certificate covers a product in a version under given assumptions. Whether a specific deployment is permitted is decided by a second document.
Config as code at the endpoint
Source, build and workplace layers are versioned and under review. The endpoint still runs through a console with checkboxes.
Architecture decision records for client platforms
Standard in infrastructure and application architecture, almost absent on the endpoint platform. Which ten decisions carry an Apple platform, and where the practice fails.
BSI certification under PP-0115
Who is involved, what is assessed and why it takes years. And what to ask in a tender.
Cloud MDM and BSI certification
Three open dependencies: a missing Protection Profile, SOGIS harmonisation, EUCS Level High.
Alongside: the BSI MDM-TS certification map summarises which products are certified, which hold provisional approval, and which architectures are out of scope. View PDF