Windows only: If you need to prevent an application from running accidentally or would like to disable an application you can't uninstall, AppLocker provides a simple interface to do so. Whether you'd ...

Microsoft has made the life of system admins and IT admins a bit easier. The company recently announced that it had quietly made welcome changes to the way the AppLocker app control policies worked.

Mitch Tulloch is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional and lead author of the Windows 7 Resource Kit from Microsoft Press. You can follow him on Twitter at ...

Ransomware is one of the biggest threats to an organization's data. All it takes is one user to click on a malicious link or open an infected email attachment, and the attacker can encrypt all the ...

Tech pro ThioJoe demonstrates how AppLocker can be used to significantly strengthen Windows security against unauthorized apps. Old Farmer’s Almanac map shows states facing snowier-than-normal winters ...

It so happens that the topic of Whitelists vs. Blacklists comes up a lot when I’m talking to clients. The questions seem to always revolve around the pros and cons between these two methods of ...

Maybe there are cool aspects of AppLocker that will become clearer as time progresses, but as far as I can see right now, it’s little more than a feature name change. And not even a good one, at that ...

Mitch Tulloch is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional and lead author of the Windows 7 Resource Kit from Microsoft Press. You can follow him on Twitter at ...