North Pole Security
@northpolesec.bsky.social
North Pole Security account. We make Santa https://github.com/northpolesec/santa
Join us in celebrating North Pole Security's first anniversary! 🎉
Reflect on a year of innovation, growth, & unwavering commitment to livable security with Santa and Workshop. Read about our journey and what's next! #FirstAnniversary #Santa #Workshop
northpole.security/blog/one-yea...
Reflect on a year of innovation, growth, & unwavering commitment to livable security with Santa and Workshop. Read about our journey and what's next! #FirstAnniversary #Santa #Workshop
northpole.security/blog/one-yea...
October 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Join us in celebrating North Pole Security's first anniversary! 🎉
Reflect on a year of innovation, growth, & unwavering commitment to livable security with Santa and Workshop. Read about our journey and what's next! #FirstAnniversary #Santa #Workshop
northpole.security/blog/one-yea...
Reflect on a year of innovation, growth, & unwavering commitment to livable security with Santa and Workshop. Read about our journey and what's next! #FirstAnniversary #Santa #Workshop
northpole.security/blog/one-yea...
Yesterday we released Santa v2025.8 on GitHub.
github.com/northpolesec...
This release includes a handful of new features. Some highlights include:
- Support for CEL string extensions to enable writing more powerful policies.
This lets you do things like args.join(" ").contains("-flag option")
github.com/northpolesec...
This release includes a handful of new features. Some highlights include:
- Support for CEL string extensions to enable writing more powerful policies.
This lets you do things like args.join(" ").contains("-flag option")
Release v2025.8 · northpolesec/santa
Notes
Announcements
🎉 Santa has a new Workshop! North Pole Security is excited to announce the release of Workshop, an official sync service specifically designed to deeply integrate with Santa. It...
github.com
August 29, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Yesterday we released Santa v2025.8 on GitHub.
github.com/northpolesec...
This release includes a handful of new features. Some highlights include:
- Support for CEL string extensions to enable writing more powerful policies.
This lets you do things like args.join(" ").contains("-flag option")
github.com/northpolesec...
This release includes a handful of new features. Some highlights include:
- Support for CEL string extensions to enable writing more powerful policies.
This lets you do things like args.join(" ").contains("-flag option")
Incredibly humbled by the amazing feedback from our community!
Thank you for growing with us - here's to continuing to build something great together! 🚀
Thank you for growing with us - here's to continuing to build something great together! 🚀
August 14, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Incredibly humbled by the amazing feedback from our community!
Thank you for growing with us - here's to continuing to build something great together! 🚀
Thank you for growing with us - here's to continuing to build something great together! 🚀
Keeping with our Christmas in July🎄, we just released Santa 2025.7 on GitHub github.com/northpolesec...
This release includes:
- A new icon that matches the company's branding
- Ready for Tahoe!
- Bug fixes and more
This release includes:
- A new icon that matches the company's branding
- Ready for Tahoe!
- Bug fixes and more
Release v2025.7 · northpolesec/santa
Notes
Announcements
🎉 Santa has a new Workshop! North Pole Security is excited to announce the release of Workshop, an official sync service specifically designed to deeply integrate with Santa. It...
github.com
July 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Keeping with our Christmas in July🎄, we just released Santa 2025.7 on GitHub github.com/northpolesec...
This release includes:
- A new icon that matches the company's branding
- Ready for Tahoe!
- Bug fixes and more
This release includes:
- A new icon that matches the company's branding
- Ready for Tahoe!
- Bug fixes and more
🎉 It's Christmas in July!
We raised $4M to make proactive macOS security scalable for everyone.
Workshop is the first commercial platform built for Santa. Finally making allowlisting usable at scale.
Thanks to A16Z & everyone's who's believed in our mission.
We raised $4M to make proactive macOS security scalable for everyone.
Workshop is the first commercial platform built for Santa. Finally making allowlisting usable at scale.
Thanks to A16Z & everyone's who's believed in our mission.
July 30, 2025 at 1:39 PM
🎉 It's Christmas in July!
We raised $4M to make proactive macOS security scalable for everyone.
Workshop is the first commercial platform built for Santa. Finally making allowlisting usable at scale.
Thanks to A16Z & everyone's who's believed in our mission.
We raised $4M to make proactive macOS security scalable for everyone.
Workshop is the first commercial platform built for Santa. Finally making allowlisting usable at scale.
Thanks to A16Z & everyone's who's believed in our mission.
📢 Earlier this month we released Santa 2025.6
github.com/northpolesec...
🧵 This is a large release with several features
github.com/northpolesec...
🧵 This is a large release with several features
Release v2025.6 · northpolesec/santa
Notes
ImportantThe binaries initially uploaded for this release only contained the arm64 slice. We have updated the binaries to be universal and also include the x86_64 slice as well. You may need ...
github.com
July 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
📢 Earlier this month we released Santa 2025.6
github.com/northpolesec...
🧵 This is a large release with several features
github.com/northpolesec...
🧵 This is a large release with several features
📢 We've just released Santa v2025.5 on GitHub github.com/northpolesec...
This release includes a handful of new features and changes:
Some highlights Below 🧵:
This release includes a handful of new features and changes:
Some highlights Below 🧵:
Release v2025.5 · northpolesec/santa
Notes
If you're migrating from Google Santa, please see the Migration Guide for details on how to upgrade.
Santa documentation has undergone a complete overhaul and can be found at northpole.dev.
A...
github.com
May 29, 2025 at 1:12 PM
📢 We've just released Santa v2025.5 on GitHub github.com/northpolesec...
This release includes a handful of new features and changes:
Some highlights Below 🧵:
This release includes a handful of new features and changes:
Some highlights Below 🧵:
Very exciting to see Santa called out as a tool that works in the
@specterops.io SO-Con talk on Modern macOS Red Teaming Tactics by Lance Cain and @werdhaihai.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_L2...
@specterops.io SO-Con talk on Modern macOS Red Teaming Tactics by Lance Cain and @werdhaihai.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_L2...
Modern macOS Red Teaming Tactics | SO-CON 2025
YouTube video by SpecterOps
www.youtube.com
May 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Very exciting to see Santa called out as a tool that works in the
@specterops.io SO-Con talk on Modern macOS Red Teaming Tactics by Lance Cain and @werdhaihai.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_L2...
@specterops.io SO-Con talk on Modern macOS Red Teaming Tactics by Lance Cain and @werdhaihai.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_L2...
Today we released Santa v2025.3 on GitHub github.com/northpolesec....
This release includes a handful of new features.
This release includes a handful of new features.
Release v2025.3 · northpolesec/santa
Notes
If you're migrating from Google Santa, please see the Migration Guide for details on how to upgrade.
Santa documentation can be found at northpole.dev.
Announcements
📣 Opt-In Stats Collection...
github.com
April 1, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Today we released Santa v2025.3 on GitHub github.com/northpolesec....
This release includes a handful of new features.
This release includes a handful of new features.
March 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
📣 We’ve just released Santa v2025.2 on GitHub. github.com/northpolesec...
Some highlights include:
- Process-centric File Access Authorization rules are now in Beta!
This means FAA rules can now target all access from a given process without knowing the files that will be accessed ahead of time.
Some highlights include:
- Process-centric File Access Authorization rules are now in Beta!
This means FAA rules can now target all access from a given process without knowing the files that will be accessed ahead of time.
Release v2025.2 · northpolesec/santa
Notes
If you're migrating from Google Santa, please see the Migration Guide for details on how to upgrade.
Santa documentation can be found at northpole.dev.
Announcements
📣 Opt-In Stats Collection...
github.com
February 28, 2025 at 2:44 AM
📣 We’ve just released Santa v2025.2 on GitHub. github.com/northpolesec...
Some highlights include:
- Process-centric File Access Authorization rules are now in Beta!
This means FAA rules can now target all access from a given process without knowing the files that will be accessed ahead of time.
Some highlights include:
- Process-centric File Access Authorization rules are now in Beta!
This means FAA rules can now target all access from a given process without knowing the files that will be accessed ahead of time.
Last night we released Santa 2025.1
github.com/northpolesec...
Notable features include:
Entitlements in the Sync Protocol
This allows you to avoid authorizing or see which applications are disabling code signing on libraries.
github.com/northpolesec...
Notable features include:
Entitlements in the Sync Protocol
This allows you to avoid authorizing or see which applications are disabling code signing on libraries.
Release v2025.1 · northpolesec/santa
Notes
If you're migrating from Google Santa, please see the Migration Guide for details on how to upgrade.
Santa documentation can be found at northpole.dev.
Fixed
❗ Fixed an issue where santactl c...
github.com
January 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Last night we released Santa 2025.1
github.com/northpolesec...
Notable features include:
Entitlements in the Sync Protocol
This allows you to avoid authorizing or see which applications are disabling code signing on libraries.
github.com/northpolesec...
Notable features include:
Entitlements in the Sync Protocol
This allows you to avoid authorizing or see which applications are disabling code signing on libraries.
We've released v2024.12 of Santa.
github.com/northpolesec...
This addresses an upgrade issue when running in lockdown mode and also a minor issue where a root user is able to inject rules when it is configured to use a sync service is configured.
github.com/northpolesec...
This addresses an upgrade issue when running in lockdown mode and also a minor issue where a root user is able to inject rules when it is configured to use a sync service is configured.
Release v2024.12 · northpolesec/santa
Notes
If you're migrating from Google Santa, please see the Migration Guide for details on how to upgrade.
This release fixes an issue that could affect users that upgraded to v2024.11 from v2024.1...
github.com
December 12, 2024 at 8:03 PM
We've released v2024.12 of Santa.
github.com/northpolesec...
This addresses an upgrade issue when running in lockdown mode and also a minor issue where a root user is able to inject rules when it is configured to use a sync service is configured.
github.com/northpolesec...
This addresses an upgrade issue when running in lockdown mode and also a minor issue where a root user is able to inject rules when it is configured to use a sync service is configured.
Today we're excited to release Santa v2024.11!
github.com/northpolesec...
Highlights:
1. Our initial beta for standalone mode: This lets you authorize binaries using TouchID. So you can live in lockdown mode.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd4t...
github.com/northpolesec...
Highlights:
1. Our initial beta for standalone mode: This lets you authorize binaries using TouchID. So you can live in lockdown mode.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd4t...
Santa Standalone Mode w/Swift UI
YouTube video by Pete Markowsky
www.youtube.com
December 10, 2024 at 6:01 PM
Today we're excited to release Santa v2024.11!
github.com/northpolesec...
Highlights:
1. Our initial beta for standalone mode: This lets you authorize binaries using TouchID. So you can live in lockdown mode.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd4t...
github.com/northpolesec...
Highlights:
1. Our initial beta for standalone mode: This lets you authorize binaries using TouchID. So you can live in lockdown mode.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd4t...
Our co-founders (Russell Hancox and @plm.bsky.social) were recently on the @MacAdmPodcast talking about Santa and
@northpolesec.bsky.social podcast.macadmins.org/2024/11/19/e...
@northpolesec.bsky.social podcast.macadmins.org/2024/11/19/e...
Episode 389: North Pole Security & Santa
Santa’s got new digs up at North Pole Security! Join us as we talk with Russell and Pete from North Pole about what Santa’s move means, how it’s developing in the future, and what’s coming next for…
podcast.macadmins.org
November 22, 2024 at 6:10 PM
Our co-founders (Russell Hancox and @plm.bsky.social) were recently on the @MacAdmPodcast talking about Santa and
@northpolesec.bsky.social podcast.macadmins.org/2024/11/19/e...
@northpolesec.bsky.social podcast.macadmins.org/2024/11/19/e...
Today is Santa's 10th Birthday 🎂🎉.
The first commit was from Russell Hancox at 4:23 PM
The first commit was from Russell Hancox at 4:23 PM
November 20, 2024 at 2:04 PM
Today is Santa's 10th Birthday 🎂🎉.
The first commit was from Russell Hancox at 4:23 PM
The first commit was from Russell Hancox at 4:23 PM
Last week we made our first Open Source release of Santa version 2024.10 github.com/northpolesec...
Highlights:
1. Streamlined UI with silencing options and added a button to copy relevant data to the clipboard to help users report issues / blocks to security
Highlights:
1. Streamlined UI with silencing options and added a button to copy relevant data to the clipboard to help users report issues / blocks to security
November 11, 2024 at 11:49 PM
Last week we made our first Open Source release of Santa version 2024.10 github.com/northpolesec...
Highlights:
1. Streamlined UI with silencing options and added a button to copy relevant data to the clipboard to help users report issues / blocks to security
Highlights:
1. Streamlined UI with silencing options and added a button to copy relevant data to the clipboard to help users report issues / blocks to security