Audit and Enforcement Modes in Airlock’s Allowlisting Solution
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Risky Business - When standards drive innovation
In this Risky Business News interview, Tom Uren talks to Daniel Schell, CTO and David Cottingham CEO of Airlock Digital. They discuss the security standard that drove innovation and the genesis of Airlock Digital and also how to make sure that standards don’t become box-checking exercises.
How application allowlisting is evolving to manage risk and build trust
Application allowlisting–formerly application whitelisting–is moving to a dynamic, granular model that sheds the cumbersome, one-size-fits-all approaches of the past. At Airlock Digital, we’re combining application allowlisting with execution control to better protect businesses, and enable administrators to manage risk and trust in fast-changing environments. This is why we’ve branded our cornerstone product Airlock Allowlisting.
What is allowlisting and why is it important?
What is allowlisting? To put it simply, allowlisting allows only processes, files and applications approved by a business or organisation to run in its environment, with all other processes, files and applications blocked. This reduces the risk of malicious code executing in that environment.
Risky Business - LockBit is down but not out. Yet.
In this episode of Risky Biz, Airlock Digital’s Daniel Schell talks about his adventures with WDAC, and Dave Cottingham predicts Windows 12 will go all in on signed code. Also Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s security news. They talk about: LockBit gets back up after takedown, Russia arrests Medibank hacker… for something else ConnectWise gives out free updates, but customers aren’t happy, and much more
Unveiling the Power of Allowlisting in a University Setting
Universities, like many other organizations, stand to benefit significantly from the implementation of allowlisting as part of their cybersecurity strategy. Allowlisting offers several compelling reasons for use cases in university settings. However, implementing allowlisting in university environments comes with certain challenges. In this blog we explore obstacles that universities might encounter as well as solutions to ensure successful implementation of allowlisting.
AnyDesk Incident - Airlock Digital Customer Guidance
This blog provides guidance for Airlock Digital customers regarding the AnyDesk security incident. While AnyDesk has stated in their announcement that the software is safe to use, their action of revoking code signing certificates suggests that their existing certificates were likely compromised and should no longer be trusted.
CERT NZ Continues to Recognize Application Allowlisting
To ensure the continued cybersecurity resilience of organizations across New Zealand, the Computer Emergency Response Team of New Zealand (CERT NZ) recognizes application control (allowlisting) in their Critical Controls framework.
Strengthening Credit Union Security
Application whitelisting is an effective defense against unauthorized access to credit union systems. It significantly reduces the risk of cybercrimes.
Airlock Digital – Allowlisting Auditor v4
Airlock Digital – Allowlisting Auditor v4. The auditor is a free utility developed designed to comprehensively test application allowlists for weaknesses and misconfigurations, regardless of vendor.