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How is application allowlisting evolving to help 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.

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.

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.

Opinion: Why the ISM Control ‘1471’ Is Impractical for Allowlisting

Airlock's opinion about compliance with Australian Government Information Security Manual (ISM) control 1471 using the Airlock allowlisting platform.

Airlock v5.1 & v5.0.9 Availability

This month we are excited to announce the release of two new versions of Airlock: V5.1 and V5.0.9.

Some Context, Process Herpaderping

A new discovery to start Windows processes called Process Herpaderping wherein attackers who can run arbitrary code can launch additional untraceable code.

Trust, In File Based Security

Trust is key in cybersecurity and decision-making, but often overlooked. Airlock Whitelisting solutions integrate frameworks for quick trust assessment.

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