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, 13.x and 14.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 Qualys 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