EPP Onboarding for MacOS

EPP Onboarding for MacOS supports the following features:

• On-access scanning for real-time antimalware protection.
• Blocks known phishing web pages.
• Scans web traffic in real-time to prevent malware from being downloaded.

Ensure you meet the following requirements while onboarding MacOS Cloud Agent for EDR 2.7.0 or later:

Supported Operating System Versions with Malware Protection Capabilities

• MacOS 12.x and 13.x

MacOS Hardware Requirements for Malware Protection

MacOS System	Architecture	Memory	Disk Space
Desktop	Intel and ARM (M1 & M2)	8 GB	1 GB at installation

Installation Prerequisites

• Root Access- MacOS agent requires sudo or root access. If you are using a non-root account, the non-root user must be assigned sudo privileges.
• Qualys Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) application and Malware Protection is enabled from the Configurtion Profile of the Cloud Agent application. The following screenshot displays EDR and Malware Protection enabled:
  
   

  Before enabling EPP on the Cloud Agent that has been uninstalled or reinstalled multiple times on same machine, run the command:-
  sudo pkgutil --forget com.epsecurity.EndpointSecurityforMac