12 Key Considerations for Enterprise Buyers

This Deny by Default approach significantly reduces the attack surface, blocks malicious software, and protects the operational integrity of both IT and OT environments. Given its preventative posture, application control delivers unmatched protection against both ransomware and Living off the Land (LOTL) attacks, and it is uniquely effective at preventing unsanctioned software, or Shadow IT.

Despite its recognized security benefits, application control has long been viewed by some as too complex to implement at scale - as it is too difficult to deploy and too cumbersome to manage within large, complex organizations.  

And they were right. Legacy tools failed - and still fail - to support the operational realities of large, diverse environments. They lack the flexibility, features, and workflows modern organizations need to successfully deploy and enforce application control.  They burden security teams, admins, end users, and IT resources, and prove unwieldy to maintain.

These tools disappoint because they fail to recognize that application control is a process, and success is only possible when that process is optimized and streamlined for every enterprise stakeholder.

Modern application control solutions, however, have changed the game. By building capabilities that streamline trust decisions, reduce administrative overhead, and support existing infrastructure and processes, this new generation of tools makes scalable, efficient application control a reality. Deny by Default endpoint security is now achievable in the enterprise.

This paper explores 12 key considerations for organizations evaluating application control solutions - focusing on what’s needed to support true enterprise success. After reviewing these considerations in detail, a preliminary checklist is provided to help decision makers determine what