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title: "Why Airlock Digital : Use Cases : Protect Against Third-Party & Insider Threats"
description: "Protect against insider and third-party threats with Airlock Digital’s application control; enforce access control, maintain audit trail, ensure compliance"
source: https://www.airlockdigital.com/use-cases/prevent-third-party-insider-threats
---

Why Airlock Digital : Use Case

# Protect Against Third-Party and Insider Threats

Prevent trusted insiders and external parties from engaging in harmful activity

As organizations become more connected — utilizing cloud services, remote workforces, and third party vendors — they face growing risks from both trusted insiders and third parties.

These threats, whether intentional or accidental, can bypass traditional defenses and lead to data breaches, operational disruption, or compliance violations. Airlock Digital provides a proactive approach to managing third-party and insider risks by enforcing strict application control and ensuring only trusted applications are executed.

## Proactive Risk Reduction

Stop unauthorized actions before they occur, whether they originate internally or externally.

## Maintain an Endpoint's "Known Good State"

Maintain trust across your endpoints by ensuring each device runs only known, good software (even when they are being used by third parties). This helps prevent "SOE drift" (i.e. deviation from the "Standard Operating Environment.")

## Operational Resilience

Protect critical systems from unintended disruptions caused by third-party vendors or trusted insiders by ensuring endpoints are prevented from running untrusted code.

## Reduced Attack Surface

Limit opportunities for third-parties and insiders by prohibiting endpoints from running any files, processes, scripts, and binaries not explicitly trusted.

## How Airlock Digital Mitigates Third-Party and Insider Threats

Deny by Default Security

Prevent unapproved applications, scripts, or processes from executing, even when initiated by insiders or third parties.

Rapid Updates

Seamlessly update blocklists in response to evolving threats, providing proactive protection.

Granular Blocklisting

Define which files you want to block by using a variety of launch conditions - including path, product name, publisher, version, user, command line, operating system and more - providing precise control over what is denied execution.

Control Behaviors

Prevent the execution of unauthorized applications, scripts, and system tools by enforcing strict controls around application usage. This ensures that only approved software operates within defined security boundaries, helping to block LOLbin ([Living off the Land](/use-cases/prevent-lotl-attacks) binary) techniques and attacker lateral movement.

Detailed Audit Trails

Log every execution, execution-attempt, policy update, and exception to maintain accountability and simplify investigations.

## Keep Exploring

### Application Control Datasheet

[Read Now](https://www.airlockdigital.com/hubfs/Collateral/Datasheets/Datasheet-Airlock-Digital-Application-Control.pdf)

### Talk to an Allowlisting Expert

[Book a Meeting](https://www.airlockdigital.com/book-a-meeting)