Application Whitelisting Gains Traction

Sep 26, 2008 in Security

The technology, being pushed by such vendors as Cisco, is giving IT departments a new weapon in fighting malware. Application whitelisting is a good complement to other anti-virus strategies, such as blacklisting, diligent patching and user education.
- Malicious software is a disease, and the conventional-wisdom remedies of diligent patching, anti-virus deployment and user education haven’t proved potent enough to bring about a cure.
Enter application whitelisting, a different approach to the problem of securing Windows clients. Application whit…