Marketing description

Companies often have a difficult time preventing endpoints and servers from deviating from corporate standards. Users may install unauthorized applications while on or off the corporate network that may introduce malware, present support issues, or create software licensing risks. With its industry-leading white listing technology, McAfee Application Control ensures that only trusted applications run on servers and endpoints while permitting software updates from authorized sources. This provides IT with the greatest degree of visibility and control over endpoints and also helps enforce software license compliance. Additionally, as companies strive to extend the viability of fixed function systems (Microsoft Windows NT legacy or low footprint), Application Control also extends an extra layer of protection without impacting system performance.
In regulated industries such as retail, healthcare, and critical infrastructure, devices such as point-of-sale (POS) terminals, customer service terminals, and legacy Microsoft Windows NT systems perform critical functions and often store sensitive data.
McAfee Application Control is ideal for extending a layer of protection to systems that are fixed function in terms of CPU or memory resources. Its low overhead footprint does not impact system performance, requires very low initial and ongoing operational overhead, and is equally effective in standalone mode without network access.

Key selling points

• Greater visibility and control of applications on endpoints and servers
• Extends the business viability of fixed function systems
• Low cost of ownership because dynamic white listing eliminates manual effort of maintaining databases, rules, and updates
• Low overhead software solution that runs transparently on endpoints
• Increased business availability and continuity

Product features

• Prevent use of unauthorized applications
  McAfee Application Control augments traditional security solutions, enabling IT to allow only approved software to run and to easily block unauthorized or vulnerable applications that may compromise servers and endpoints - without imposing operational overhead. The dynamic white listing technologies trust model eliminates the manual and costly support associated with other white listing technologies as no databases, rules, or updates are needed.
• Business efficiency in a controlled environment
  IT departments can adopt flexible corporate policies where trusted applications can be securely deployed to endpoints and servers from a repository as needed, or a standard image can be enforced. Centralized administration reduces IT overhead while maintaining the highest levels of security and business availability.
• Increase control over fixed-function systems
  McAfee Application Control is ideal for extending a layer of protection to systems that are fixed function in terms of CPU or memory resources. Its low overhead footprint does not impact system performance, requires very low initial and ongoing operational overhead, and is equally effective in standalone mode without network access.
• Tight, central control over POS terminals
  Once a POS terminal has been validated against a baseline, unauthorized programs or system changes can be blocked to protect the integrity of data and availability of these systems.
• Secure medical devices
  The unique combination of a small footprint and dynamic white listing helps reduce the number of in-field breakage incidents on imaging devices otherwise caused by unauthorized changes.
• Protect critical infrastructure
  By preventing unauthorized software from downloading or executing, mission-critical devices and servers, such as power systems and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) devices can be shielded from cyber attack.
• Dynamic white listing via a trust model
  Leveraging a trusted source model, McAfee Application Control eliminates the need for IT administrators to manually maintain lists of approved applications. Only authorized software is allowed to run, and it cannot be tampered with.