Application Context
Airlock Digital Application Context helps organizations understand what software is actually running across their environment by turning raw execution data into recognizable applications.
Instead of requiring administrators to interpret large volumes of file-level activity, Application Context automatically groups related files and libraries based on how they execute together at runtime. This creates an application-level view that reflects real activity across endpoints, including third-party software, unmanaged tools, and internally developed applications.
Application Context gives security and IT teams clearer visibility into software usage, helping them make faster, better-informed trust, policy, audit, and governance decisions.
How Application Context Works
Group related files, libraries, and processes based on how they actually run together, rather than relying on predefined application lists or installation data.
Drill into an application to understand its related files, publishers, runtime relationships, and where it has been observed.
Distinguish between applications that have been seen historically and applications that are actively running in the environment.
More Context. Faster Trust Decisions.
Teams can see what applications are running, how they are composed, where they are used, and whether they should be trusted.
Put simply: Application Context helps teams understand the application behind the file.
Operational Benefits
Reduce File-Level Guesswork
Help administrators quickly understand what software file activity relates to, reducing the effort required to interpret execution events.
Identify Unknown and Unmanaged Software
Surface unexpected, high-risk, or previously unseen applications, including shadow IT, AI tools, remote access utilities, and internally developed software.
Support Audit and Cleanup
See where applications are running, which hosts have used them, and who is using them to support software review, rationalization, and governance activities.
Strengthen Policy Decisions
Use application-level context to make faster, more confident trust and enforcement decisions while maintaining file-level enforcement.
Improve Software Visibility
Complement Existing Inventory Tools
Application Context provides execution-driven software visibility. It is not a replacement for asset management or ITAM platforms, but it complements them by showing what actually runs, not just what is installed.
Application Context FAQs
- See what applications are actually running and being used in the last 30 days, versus just installed.
- Identify unexpected or unwanted tools, such as remote access utilities that should not be present.
- Support audit, clean‑up, and rationalization projects by showing where an app is, which hosts run it, and who is using it.
Application Context is not a vulnerability management system. However, it can help teams quickly identify whether a known application or version family has been observed in the environment and where it has run.