Application Control vs Application Whitelisting
Application Control and Application Whitelisting are terms often used interchangeably that have a big impact on your security
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Application Control typically refers to ‘fuzzy’ application whitelisting technologies which place trust in software packages for the purposes of software management.
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Application Whitelisting refers to ‘strict’ application whitelisting technologies which place trust in files for the purposes of security.
Application Control
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Application Control typically refers to ‘fuzzy’ application whitelisting technologies which place trust in software packages for the purposes of software management.
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Application Whitelisting refers to ‘strict’ application whitelisting technologies which place trust in files for the purposes of security.
Application Whitelisting
Application Whitelisting technologies uniquely identify every file and application library as a unique item, regardless of what software it belongs to. If any file is modified or tampered with, the file is prevented execution. This very effectively prevents attackers from running malicious code on a system and significantly increases the ability of organisations to identify attempts of compromise.
TLDR; Application Whitelisting places trust in files not software packages, therefore providing a significant security benefit.
