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Mac server security & malware

Firewall, intrusion prevention, open-ports monitoring and a full Malware Audit; for Macs and the fleet.

Layered security: the macOS Application Firewall and pf, fail2ban/CrowdSec, an open-ports watch with alerts, SSH hardening, and a Malware Audit pane (Gatekeeper/SIP/FileVault/XProtect, persistence, ClamAV, YARA, VirusTotal) with deeper tooling (Volatility 3, capa, CAPE/Cuckoo) and an EDR Fleet board.

Require a physical key before anything runs

With a Fleet licence, App Lock can require a physical FIDO2 security key. Enrol a Yubico YubiKey, Google Titan or FEITIAN ePass beside the password-lock setting and FrontierStack stays locked; including its external control surfaces; until you touch an enrolled key. If a password is also configured, both are required. You can register up to three keys so a sealed backup is ready. Compatible USB-C, Lightning and NFC models work through Apple's security-key sheet in the iPhone and iPad app too.

Networking, perimeter & integrations

Tight integrations with Cloudflare (zones, DNS, cache, tunnels) and OPNsense (driven by its REST API); plus pfSense, OpenWrt, MikroTik RouterOS, UniFi and more. Open a port with UPnP or NAT-PMP, follow a changing IP with DDNS, build a private network with WireGuard, Tailscale, Headscale, NetBird, Nebula or ZeroTier; including a self-hosted ZeroTier controller with its own flow-rule editor, and a tailnet-wide Tailscale view that warns before node keys expire; control PoE switch ports (RFC 3621) to power-cycle an access point or camera, and automate password-free service logins with auth.md. See the security reference for the full protocol list.

Services we install or monitor for this

This preset shows 237 services in 8 categories. FrontierStack can install, connect or monitor them for this job.

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Security Tools81
  • AbuseIPDB; Crowd-sourced IP reputation / blocklist (cloud API)
  • AdGuard; Ad/tracker blocker app + AdGuard DNS & VPN (commercial)
  • Admin By Request; Endpoint privilege management / just-in-time admin (agent + API)
  • Airlock Digital; Application allowlisting & execution control (agent + API)
  • AlienVault OTX; Open Threat Exchange IOC feed (cloud)
  • AutoElevate (CyberFOX); MSP privilege elevation & local-admin control (agent + API)
  • BeyondTrust EPM; Endpoint Privilege Management for Mac (agent + API)
  • binwalk; Firmware / embedded-file carving & analysis (self-hosted)
  • Bitdefender GravityZone; Endpoint protection / EDR (macOS agent + API)
  • BlockBlock; Monitor & block persistence in real time (self-hosted)
  • Burp Suite; Web app security testing; intercepting proxy & scanner (macOS app)
  • capa; Detect capabilities in executables (self-hosted)
  • CAPE Sandbox; Malware sandbox w/ config extraction (self-hosted)
  • Censys; Internet-wide host & certificate search (cloud API)
  • ClamAV; Open-source antivirus engine (self-hosted)
  • Cloudmersive; Virus-scan & content-protection API (cloud / self-host)
  • Cortex; Observable analysers & responders engine (self-hosted)
  • CrowdSec; Behavioural detection + IP blocking (crowd-sourced)
  • CrowdStrike Falcon; Cloud-native EDR/XDR (macOS sensor + API)
  • Cuckoo Sandbox; Automated malware-analysis sandbox (self-hosted)
  • CyberArk EPM; Endpoint Privilege Manager (agent + API)
  • CyberChef; The cyber-Swiss-army-knife for data
  • Fail2ban; Bans IPs after suspicious activity (intrusion prevention)
  • Fleet; Self-hosted osquery fleet manager (web UI + API)
  • Fuzzilli; Coverage-guided JavaScript engine fuzzer (reviewed local binaries)
  • Google Safe Browsing; Is your site flagged as malicious by Chrome? (cloud API)
  • GreyNoise; Is this IP scanning everyone, or targeting you? (cloud API)
  • GRR Rapid Response; Remote live-forensics / IR framework (self-hosted)
  • Hands Off!; Per-app network + disk access control (app)
  • Huntress; Managed EDR/MDR for SMB & MSPs (agent + API)
  • Hybrid Analysis; Malware sandbox (Falcon Sandbox); API
  • Intego NetBarrier; Intego's two-way Mac firewall (NetBarrier X9 / Intego ONE)
  • IntelOwl; OSINT / threat-intel analysis platform (self-hosted)
  • Jamf Protect; Mac-native endpoint security (agent + API)
  • KnockKnock; Reveal persistently installed Mac software (self-hosted)
  • Kolide; Device trust & posture (osquery-based agent + API)
  • LimaCharlie; API-first SecOps cloud / EDR (agent + API)
  • Little Snitch; Commercial network monitor & firewall (macOS app)
  • LuLu; Free open-source outbound firewall (macOS app)
  • Malwarebytes; Anti-malware (macOS app; business via Nebula API)
  • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint; Microsoft EDR for macOS (agent + Graph API)
  • MISP; Threat-intelligence sharing platform (self-hosted)
  • Mozilla Observatory; Graded HTTP header & TLS scan for your own sites (free API)
  • Murus; GUI front-end for the macOS pf firewall (app)
  • NetBarrier; Two-way macOS firewall (Intego, app)
  • Nuclei; Template-based vulnerability scanner (self-hosted CLI)
  • oletools; Analyse malicious Office docs / OLE (self-hosted)
  • OpenCTI; Cyber threat-intelligence platform (self-hosted)
  • OpenEDR; Open-source endpoint detection & response (self-hosted)
  • OpenPhish; Live phishing-URL feed (cloud)
  • OpenVAS / Greenbone; Vulnerability scanning (self-hosted)
  • OPSWAT MetaDefender; Multi-engine malware scanning & file CDR (self-hosted / API)
  • osquery; Query your endpoint like a database (agent)
  • OSSEC; Host-based IDS: log, file-integrity & rootkit monitoring
  • OWASP ZAP; Open-source web-app security scanner (DAST); spider, active scan, proxy
  • pfBlockerNG; IP & DNS blocklists for pfSense (DNSBL ad/malware blocking)
  • Phishing Catcher; Catch phishing domains from CT logs (self-hosted)
  • radare2; Reverse-engineering framework / disassembler (self-hosted)
  • Radio Silence; Lightweight macOS outbound firewall (app)
  • Santa; macOS binary allowlisting / blocklisting (self-hosted)
  • SentinelOne; Autonomous EDR/XDR (macOS agent + API)
  • Shodan; Search engine for internet-exposed hosts and services (cloud API)
  • Snort; The classic network IDS (self-hosted)
  • Sophos Central; Endpoint protection / MDR (macOS agent + API)
  • Strix; AI-assisted penetration testing from the local CLI
  • Suricata; High-performance IDS/IPS engine (self-hosted)
  • TheHive; Security incident-response platform (self-hosted)
  • ThreatLocker; Zero Trust app allowlisting & endpoint control (agent + cloud portal)
  • URLhaus; Malware-URL feed & lookup API (cloud · abuse.ch)
  • urlscan.io; Sandboxed URL scanning; see what a link really does (cloud API)
  • Vallum; Per-app outbound firewall & throttle (app)
  • Velociraptor; Endpoint visibility & DFIR hunting (self-hosted)
  • Vibe Proxy; AI-assisted web security testing & intercepting proxy
  • VirusTotal; Multi-engine file/URL reputation (API)
  • Volatility 3; Memory-forensics framework (self-hosted)
  • Wireshark; Packet capture and protocol analysis for network diagnosis
  • Yakit; Open-source web security testing platform & MITM (macOS app)
  • YARA; Pattern-matching engine for malware (self-hosted)
  • YARA-X; YARA rewritten in Rust; faster CLI scanner (self-hosted)
  • Zeek; Network security monitor / traffic analysis (self-hosted)
  • Zenarmor; Next-gen firewall / DPI layer for OPNsense & pfSense (formerly Sensei)
Policy, Compliance & Governance46
  • Amundsen; Open-source data discovery & metadata engine (self-hosted)
  • Apache Atlas; Metadata & governance for the Hadoop/data ecosystem (self-hosted)
  • Aserto / Topaz; Authorization built on OPA + Zanzibar (self-hosted / cloud)
  • AuditBoard; Connected risk, audit & compliance platform (cloud)
  • Authzed / SpiceDB; Zanzibar-style permissions database (self-hosted / cloud)
  • AWS Config; Native AWS resource configuration & compliance (API)
  • AWS Security Hub; Aggregated AWS security findings & standards (API)
  • BigID; Data discovery, privacy & governance at scale (cloud)
  • Checkov; Static policy scanning for IaC (self-hosted CLI)
  • Cloud Custodian; Rules engine for cloud governance & remediation (CLI)
  • CloudQuery; Cloud asset inventory as SQL (self-hosted CLI)
  • Conftest; Test config files against OPA/Rego policies (CLI)
  • DataGrail; Privacy platform; DSR & data mapping automation (cloud)
  • DataHub; Open-source metadata platform & data catalogue (self-hosted)
  • Drata; Continuous compliance automation & audit readiness (cloud)
  • Eramba; Open-source GRC platform (self-hosted)
  • Everlaw; Cloud litigation & eDiscovery platform (cloud)
  • Google Vault; Retention, legal hold & eDiscovery for Google Workspace (cloud)
  • HashiCorp Sentinel; Policy as code for the HashiCorp stack (CLI)
  • Hyperproof; Compliance operations & evidence management (cloud)
  • immudb; Immutable, cryptographically-verifiable database / audit log (self-hosted)
  • Kyverno; Kubernetes-native policy engine, no new language (self-hosted)
  • LogicGate Risk Cloud; No-code GRC & risk workflow platform (cloud)
  • Logikcull; Self-service eDiscovery & legal hold (cloud, Reveal)
  • Microsoft Purview; Data governance, compliance, retention & eDiscovery (cloud)
  • MineOS; Data-governance & privacy operations platform (cloud)
  • OneTrust; Privacy, GRC & data governance suite (cloud)
  • OPA Gatekeeper; OPA policy admission controller for Kubernetes (self-hosted)
  • Open Policy Agent (OPA); General-purpose policy engine, Rego (self-hosted CLI)
  • OpenControl; Compliance-as-code documentation toolkit (self-hosted CLI)
  • OpenFGA; Open-source fine-grained authorization (Zanzibar-style, self-hosted)
  • OpenGRC; Open-source governance, risk & compliance (self-hosted)
  • OpenMetadata; Open-source metadata, catalogue & lineage platform (self-hosted)
  • Osano; Consent management & privacy compliance (cloud)
  • Permify; Open-source fine-grained authorization service (self-hosted)
  • Prowler; Open-source multi-cloud security & compliance scanner (CLI)
  • Scout Suite; Multi-cloud security-auditing tool (CLI)
  • Secureframe; Compliance automation across 40+ frameworks (cloud)
  • Securiti; Data privacy, security & governance platform (cloud)
  • SimpleRisk; Open-source risk management (self-hosted)
  • Smarsh; Communications capture, archiving & supervision (cloud)
  • Sprinto; Compliance automation for fast-moving teams (cloud)
  • Steampipe; Query cloud APIs with SQL + compliance mods (CLI)
  • Thoropass; Compliance + audit in one (formerly Laika, cloud)
  • Transcend; Privacy & data-rights automation, incl. AI governance (cloud)
  • Vanta; Automated compliance; SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR (cloud)
Monitoring46
  • Alertmanager; Route and deduplicate Prometheus alerts (self-hosted)
  • AppSignal; Application errors, performance, uptime and deploys (SaaS)
  • Atatus; APM, logs, infrastructure and real-user monitoring (SaaS)
  • Atera; RMM, patching, ticketing and automation (SaaS)
  • Beszel; Lightweight server monitoring hub + agents
  • Checkmk; Auto-discovering IT monitoring (self-hosted)
  • Datadog; Hosted metrics, logs, traces and synthetics (SaaS)
  • Dynatrace; Enterprise observability and AIOps platform
  • FirstWave NMIS; Open network fault, performance and configuration monitoring
  • Glances; Cross-platform system monitor (web/API)
  • GoAccess; Real-time access-log analyser (CLI/HTML)
  • Grafana; Dashboards for any data source (self-hosted)
  • Healthchecks.io; Cron & heartbeat monitoring (cloud or self-hosted)
  • Homepage; Self-hosted services dashboard (gethomepage.dev)
  • Honeycomb; Observability for high-cardinality events and traces
  • Infraon IMS; Unified infrastructure, network and configuration monitoring
  • LibreNMS; Auto-discovering SNMP network monitoring (switches, routers, servers)
  • ManageEngine Applications Manager; Application, server, VM and capacity monitoring
  • ManageEngine OpManager Nexus; Unified network, server and IT operations management
  • Matomo; Full-featured self-hosted web analytics
  • N-able N-central; Unified endpoint management, RMM and patching
  • Nagios Core; The classic check-based monitor (self-hosted)
  • Naverisk RMM & PSA; Cross-platform RMM, service desk and PSA
  • Netdata; Real-time system metrics dashboard
  • Netreo; Full-stack infrastructure and business-service observability
  • New Relic; Hosted APM, infrastructure and logs (SaaS)
  • NinjaOne; Endpoint monitoring, patching and automation (SaaS RMM)
  • Node Exporter; Unix host metrics for Prometheus (self-hosted)
  • ntopng; Live traffic analysis; who is talking to whom, and how much
  • NUT (Network UPS Tools); UPS monitoring server (upsd) for many devices
  • Paessler PRTG; Network, server and infrastructure monitoring (Windows or hosted)
  • Pandora FMS; Infrastructure, application, log and synthetic monitoring
  • PeaNUT; Modern web dashboard for NUT UPS servers
  • Plausible; Lightweight, privacy-first analytics
  • Prometheus; Time-series metrics & alerting (self-hosted)
  • Pulseway; Mobile-first RMM, patching and endpoint automation
  • Scrutiny; S.M.A.R.T. drive health dashboard
  • Sentry; Error tracking and performance monitoring
  • Server Density; Hosted server, service and container monitoring
  • Site24x7; Infrastructure, application, network and experience monitoring (SaaS)
  • Speedtest Tracker; Scheduled internet speed tests + history
  • Umami; Simple, privacy-focused analytics (Node)
  • Uptime Kuma; Self-hosted uptime monitor
  • UptimeRobot; Cloud uptime/SSL monitoring with status pages
  • Windows Exporter; Windows host metrics for Prometheus (remote)
  • Zabbix; Enterprise monitoring; agents, SNMP, triggers (self-hosted)
Routers & Firewalls19
Secrets Scanning & Supply Chain Security16
  • Chainguard; Minimal, low/zero-CVE container images (cloud + chainctl)
  • Cosign; Sign & verify container images and artifacts (self-hosted CLI)
  • Dependabot; Automated dependency-update & security PRs (GitHub)
  • GitGuardian; Secrets detection across code & CI (cloud + ggshield CLI)
  • Gitleaks; Open-source secrets scanner for git repos (self-hosted CLI)
  • Grype; Fast vulnerability scanner for images & SBOMs (self-hosted CLI)
  • Lynis; Host security auditing & hardening for Unix/Linux/macOS (self-hosted CLI)
  • OSV-Scanner; Dependency vulnerability scanner backed by OSV.dev (self-hosted CLI)
  • Renovate; Automated dependency updates, any platform (self-hosted / app)
  • Semgrep Supply Chain; SAST + reachable-dependency (SCA) scanning (self-hosted CLI / cloud)
  • Sigstore; Keyless signing ecosystem; Cosign, Fulcio, Rekor (self-hosted / public)
  • Snyk; Developer security; code, deps, containers & IaC (cloud + CLI)
  • Socket; Proactive dependency / supply-chain attack detection (cloud + CLI)
  • Syft; Generate SBOMs from images & filesystems (self-hosted CLI)
  • Trivy; Vuln, secret, IaC & SBOM scanner (self-hosted CLI)
  • TruffleHog; Find & VERIFY leaked secrets across code, git history, cloud & CI (self-hosted CLI)
Mesh Networking15
  • AREDN; Amateur-radio high-speed mesh (ham licence)
  • B.A.T.M.A.N.-adv; Layer-2 community Wi-Fi mesh routing (Linux)
  • Babel (babeld); Reliable distance-vector mesh routing protocol
  • Briar; P2P messaging over Tor, Wi-Fi & Bluetooth
  • cjdns / Hyperboria; Encrypted IPv6 mesh routing (source-routed)
  • Meshtastic; LoRa mesh radio for text & location (off-grid)
  • Nomad Network (NomadNet); Resilient comms over Reticulum (pages, files, messaging)
  • OLSR (olsrd); Optimized Link State Routing for MANETs
  • qaul; Internet-independent P2P mesh messaging app
  • Ratspeak; Private, account-free mesh messaging (Reticulum-based)
  • Reticulum; Cryptography-based mesh networking stack (any medium)
  • RNode LoRa Devices; Open LoRa radio interface for Reticulum (flash & configure)
  • Serval Mesh; Off-grid mesh comms (Serval Project)
  • Sideband; LXMF messaging app over Reticulum (desktop/mobile)
  • Yggdrasil; Self-arranging encrypted IPv6 mesh (experimental)
Secrets & Vaults10
  • 1Password; Password manager with developer secrets API (cloud)
  • 1Password SCIM Bridge; Automated 1Password user provisioning (self-hosted bridge)
  • Bitwarden; Password manager; cloud or official self-host
  • Doppler; Hosted secrets & config manager (cloud)
  • HashiCorp Vault; Secrets, PKI & dynamic credentials (self-hosted)
  • Infisical; Open-source secrets for app configs (cloud or self-hosted)
  • Keeper Security; Password manager & Secrets Manager (cloud API)
  • Let's Encrypt; Free TLS certificates via ACME; health & renewal monitor
  • Step CA; Your own private certificate authority (self-hosted)
  • Vaultwarden; Self-hosted Bitwarden-compatible server (Docker)
Logging & Observability4
  • Dozzle; Live Docker container log viewer
  • Elastic Cloud; Hosted Elasticsearch, Kibana and observability
  • Kibana; ELK's search & dashboard UI (self-hosted)
  • Loki; Grafana's log store; like Prometheus, for logs (self-hosted)

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