What is whitelisting or more specifically application whitelisting in cybersecurity domain? And what are the common application whitelisting software and tools, and what are the benefits of application whitelisting?
the_cyberguy Answered question 16/11/2022
Whitelisting is an information security strategy through which an entity can only perform actions on their information assets that an administrator has explicitly specified. And application whitelisting focuses on explicitly allowing only a certain set of applications to run on the protected computer system and implicitly prohibiting the rest of all other applications.
Some of the best application whitelisting tools include the following, but not limited to:
- AppLocker
- PolicyPak
- Centrify
- BeyondTrust
- PowerBroker
- Defendpoint
- Kasperkey Whitelist
- Airlock Digital
- McAfee Application Control
Some benefits of application whitelisting include:
- Improves over cybersecurity posture
- Greater Control over the applications
- Improve resources or asset management
- Reduced risk associated with Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policies in an organization
- Threat Detection, Malware, Trojan Insights
- Application-based reports such as upgrade, usage, and install/uninstall reports
- Enhance employee productivity
the_cyberguy Answered question 16/11/2022