The Iru Blog

What is vulnerability remediation? 4 ways to handle it

What is vulnerability remediation? Vulnerability remediation is the process of eliminating security vulnerabilities before attackers can exploit them. It involves identifying affected systems, prioritizing the most critical risks, and taking corrective action.

What is endpoint vulnerability management (EVM)? (+Best practices)

Endpoint vulnerability management (EVM) is the process of identifying, evaluating, prioritizing, and remediating security weaknesses on your endpoints before attackers can exploit them. Modern endpoint fleets are constantly changing. New devices come online, software updates roll out at different times, and vulnerabilities appear every day. For context, 2025 saw 49,183 new Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs).

How-to guide: Changing and resetting Mac passwords

This post was originally published in May 2023 and has been updated in July 2026 to reflect the latest information. When was the last time you or someone in your organization needed their Mac password to be something different than what it previously was? There are two ways to do that: change or reset. But although those two words might seem similar, their difference is significant.

Teams running Vulnerability Response patch critical CVEs in half the time

We recently measured remediation behavior across anonymized customer fleets. Customer accounts running Vulnerability Response closed more of their critical vulnerabilities, and closed them faster. The pattern held across every customer cohort.

Introducing Policy Management: Create, publish and track compliance policies in Iru

It's Thursday afternoon. The audit is in 45 days.

Compliance Automation momentum: new frameworks and industry recognition

As of this week, Iru Compliance Automation supports three new frameworks: CMMC, NIST SP 800-171, and ISO 27701. These frameworks join the others within Iru Compliance Automation today (SOC 2, ISO 27001, ISO 42001, GDPR, HIPAA, NIST 800-53, and NIST CSF 2.0), bringing the total to ten.

What is endpoint visibility and control, and how does it work?

Endpoint visibility gives you a real-time view of your endpoints, including device inventory, patch status, configurations, running processes, and security posture. Your new list iEndpoint control lets you act on that data by deploying patches, enforcing policies, restricting software, and remediating threats.tem Endpoint visibility and control combines monitoring and remediation, helping you identify risks and fix them from a single platform. Visibility without control creates security gaps since detecting issues is only half the job. The ability to remediate them quickly is what reduces risk. Features like automated patching, policy enforcement, and continuous compliance help reduce manual work and keep your endpoints secure. Every endpoint tells a story. One laptop is missing critical patches. Another is running unauthorized software. A contractor's device hasn't checked in for weeks. You know exactly what's happening across your environment, but knowing isn't the same as fixing.

Managed OS for Windows: Enforce updates on your timeline

Target a Windows feature release, set a deadline, and know that devices will be running that version when it arrives.

Config as Code for device management: How it works in Iru

Most device management workflows still depend on tribal knowledge. An admin makes a change, documents it somewhere (maybe), and hopes the next person understands why it was done. At small scale, that’s manageable. At enterprise scale, it’s a risk.

How to automate Mac patch management with Iru in 3 simple steps

WWDC 2026: The declarative era is here

Apple just removed the legacy MDM commands for software update management. As of OS 27, not deprecated with a long runway, not flagged as discouraged, they’re gone. That's a clear signal yet that the declarative era is here.

Apple's next operating systems: How and why to test them now

We say it every year at this time: Now that Apple’s beta software programs for its next operating systems are open, it’s time for you as an Apple admin to begin testing them. The earlier you test, the more time you give Apple to fix the problems you report.

Introducing Adaptive Compliance: Your controls stay current, automatically

Iru AI watches how your organization changes. Your compliance program keeps up.

Mac MDMs: How to Manage and Secure Your Device Fleet

Mac mobile device management (MDM) is a framework that lets IT administrators remotely set up, manage, and secure Apple devices from a single place. When a device is enrolled, it receives a profile that builds a channel between the device and the MDM server. When IT applies a policy or issues a command in the MDM console, the software sends a notification to the device, which retrieves the information and applies it locally. Businesses use Mac MDM to automate device onboarding, enforce company security policies, deploy apps and updates, and maintain compliance, all without needing to physically engage with the device.

Endpoint Drift: Why EDR coverage breaks down at scale [+ Take the quiz to see where you stand]

Your dashboard says every endpoint is covered. Patches show as deployed. Policies look locked down.