# Santa Documentation

> Documentation for Santa, a binary and file access authorization system for macOS from North Pole Security

This file contains links to documentation sections following the llmstxt.org standard.

## Table of Contents

- [File-Access Authorization](https://northpole.dev/file-access-authorization.md): File Access Authorization (FAA) policies are defined using a plist configuration
- [Config Generator](https://northpole.dev/config-generator.md): import { Button } from "@site/src/components/shadcn/button";
- [Keys](https://northpole.dev/keys.md): import ConfigKeyList from "@site/src/components/ConfigKeyList";
- [CEL Playground](https://northpole.dev/cel-playground.md): import BrowserOnly from '@docusaurus/BrowserOnly';
- [Common Expression Language (CEL)](https://northpole.dev/common-expression-language-cel.md): import AddedBadge from "@site/src/components/AddedBadge/AddedBadge";
- [File-Access Authorization](https://northpole.dev/file-access-authorization-1.md): This page lists well-known and/or community-contributed file-access
- [Transitive Allowlisting](https://northpole.dev/transitive-allowlisting.md): This page lists well-known and/or community-contributed Transitive Allowlisting
- [Getting Started](https://northpole.dev/getting-started.md): Due to the security features built-in to macOS, deployment of Santa requires
- [Install Santa Package](https://northpole.dev/install-santa-package.md): With all of the profiles configured you are finally ready to install the Santa
- [Lite Package](https://northpole.dev/lite-package.md): Alongside the regular Santa deployment package, we also make available a "lite"
- [Migration](https://northpole.dev/migration.md): This guide outlines the migration process from Google Santa to North Pole
- [Network Extension](https://northpole.dev/network-extension.md): Santa includes an optional network [system
- [Profiles: Background Apps](https://northpole.dev/profiles-background-apps.md): Santa has components that run in the background (e.g. for presenting
- [Profiles: Santa Configuration](https://northpole.dev/profiles-santa-configuration.md): Santa has _many_ configuration options controlling its behavior. The
- [Profiles: Network Extension](https://northpole.dev/profiles-network-extension.md): Santa includes an optional network [system
- [Profiles: Notifications](https://northpole.dev/profiles-notifications.md): Santa can present native macOS notifications to users when it switches between
- [Profiles: System Extension](https://northpole.dev/profiles-system-extension.md): One of the primary components of Santa is a [system
- [Profiles: TCC](https://northpole.dev/profiles-tcc.md): macOS requires apps like Santa have "Full Disk Access" permissions in order to
- [Troubleshooting](https://northpole.dev/troubleshooting.md): This page outlines common troubleshooting steps for confirming proper Santa
- [Building](https://northpole.dev/building.md): Santa uses [Bazel](https://bazel.build) for building, testing, and releaseing.
- [Contributing](https://northpole.dev/contributing.md): Before we can use your code, you must sign the [North Pole Security Individual
- [Version Support Policies](https://northpole.dev/version-support-policies.md): This document describes North Pole Security's policies on versioning as it
- [Binary Authorization](https://northpole.dev/binary-authorization.md): import AddedBadge from "@site/src/components/AddedBadge/AddedBadge";
- [File-Access Authorization](https://northpole.dev/file-access-authorization-2.md): File Access Authorization is a feature that lets Santa control which processes
- [Removable Media (e.g. USB/SD device) Blocking](https://northpole.dev/removable-media-e-g-usb-sd-device-blocking.md): Removable Media blocking allows blocking removable media such as USB Mass Storage/SD Card storage from mounting, or
- [Sync Servers](https://northpole.dev/sync-servers.md): Santa can be configured to synchronize with a central server, to control the
- [Telemetry](https://northpole.dev/telemetry.md): import AddedBadge from "@site/src/components/AddedBadge/AddedBadge";
- [Intro](https://northpole.dev/intro.md): Santa is a high-performance open-source security agent for macOS that provides
- [Known limitations](https://northpole.dev/known-limitations.md): - Santa only blocks execution (execve and variants); it doesn’t protect against