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Signed Apple Profiles

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What

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Profilesrelease of FileWave 15.5, all configuration profiles deployed usingto FileWaveApple devices are now signedautomatically beforesigned. beingProfile installedsigning onenhances security by verifying the device.authenticity and integrity of the profiles, ensuring they haven’t been altered or tampered with during deployment. Additionally, FileWave allows you to export these signed profiles for use outside of the FileWave environment.

When/Why

When Does Profile Signing Occur?

  • Automatic Signing Upon Deployment: Starting from FileWave 15.5, any profile you deploy to Apple devices is signed by default. There’s no need to manually select or trigger the signing process.

Why Is Profile Signing Important?

  • Enhanced Security: Automatic signing ensures that all profiles are trusted and have not been modified maliciously.
  • Integrity Assurance: Guarantees that the profile content remains unchanged from the point of signing to installation.
  • Compliance Requirements: Helps meet organizational security policies and industry compliance standards by providing proof of profile authenticity.
  • Flexible Use: The ability to export signed profiles allows you to use them in other tools like Apple Configurator, ensuring consistency across different methods.

How

Deploying Signed Profiles

Since profiles are automatically signed upon deployment in FileWave 15.5 also allows:

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  • duplicating signed profiles ; in that case, as payload UUIDS are regenerated, existing profile signature will be removed and replaced by a new one

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Exporting Signed Profiles

If you need to use the signed profiles outside of FileWave—for example, in Apple Configurator—you can export them as signed payloads as seen below by picking Properties for the Profile Fileset.

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