App Control | LY Solutions — Application Control & Endpoint Security

What is App Control

The Industry Standard for Application Whitelisting

Carbon Black App Control is an industry-leading application control solution used to lock down servers and critical systems, prevent unwanted changes, and ensure continuous compliance with regulatory mandates.

Combining a trust-based, policy-driven approach with real-time threat intelligence, App Control continuously monitors and records all endpoint and server activity — preventing, detecting, and responding to cyber-threats that evade traditional defenses.

LY Solutions delivers expert deployment, tuning, and ongoing management of Carbon Black App Control across enterprise environments, helping organizations of all sizes achieve a Default-Deny security posture.

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Default-Deny Prevention

Only approved software runs. Everything else is blocked before execution — eliminating entire attack vectors.

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Real-Time Threat Intelligence

Integrated file reputation and global threat feeds continuously update trust levels for all software.

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Open API & Ecosystem

Seamless integration with SIEM, network, and endpoint tools via open APIs for full security orchestration.

cb-app-control — enforcement console

❯ appctrl status --policy HIGH_ENFORCEMENT

✔ Policy: HIGH_ENFORCEMENT active on 847 endpoints

✔ Default-Deny mode: ENABLED

✔ File reputation sync: ACTIVE (last: 2s ago)

❯ appctrl events --last 1h --type BLOCK

✗ BLOCKED ransomware.exe (hash: a3f8c...) — PID 4821

✗ BLOCKED unknown_script.ps1 — PowerShell living-off-land

⚠ ALERT registry_write attempt — svchost.exe

✔ ALLOWED chrome.exe (publisher: Google LLC verified)

✔ ALLOWED office365_update.exe (catalog: trusted)

❯ appctrl compliance --framework PCI-DSS

Key Features

Everything You Need to Control the Endpoint

Comprehensive protection covering application execution, device access, memory, registry, and file integrity — all from a single unified console.

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Application Control & Whitelisting

Enforce a strict allow-list of approved software across all endpoints. Block known viruses, trojans, custom attacks, and zero-day threats by allowing only approved applications to run.

Default-Deny Zero-Day Trust-Based

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File Integrity Monitoring & Control

Create rules to prevent or report access to critical, non-executable system configuration files. Detect unauthorized changes to sensitive system components in real time.

FIM Change Control Audit

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Device Control

Manage and control peripheral device access — USB drives, external storage, and removable media — preventing data exfiltration and unauthorized software introduction.

USB Blocking DLP Removable Media

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Memory Protection

Create memory rules to monitor and control access to specific processes on Windows computers, blocking process injection, hollowing, and other advanced in-memory attack techniques.

Process Hollowing Injection In-Memory

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Registry Protection

Monitor and control access to the Windows registry — preventing persistence mechanisms, configuration tampering, and lateral movement techniques that abuse registry keys.

Registry Persistence Windows

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Living-Off-the-Land Defense

Stop LOLBin and LOLScript attacks by creating rules that control PowerShell, WMI, and other scripting tools — blocking attackers who exploit trusted system binaries.

PowerShell WMI LOLBins

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Application Catalog & Inventory

Complete software inventory across all endpoints — identify every application, publisher, version, and file hash to gain full visibility into your software estate.

Inventory CPE Catalog

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Rapid Configurations

Pre-built policy templates and rapid configuration packs for common environments — accelerate deployment across server fleets, POS systems, and legacy endpoints running EOL operating systems.

Templates EOL OS Rapid Deploy

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Content-Based Inspection

Go beyond hash-based file analysis with content inspection — detect threats hidden inside documents, scripts, and binaries using deep behavioral analysis and reputation data.

Deep Inspection Reputation Behavioral

How It Works

From Deployment to Protection in Four Steps

LY Solutions handles the full App Control lifecycle — from agent rollout and policy tuning to ongoing monitoring and compliance reporting.

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Agent Deployment

Lightweight Carbon Black agents are deployed across all endpoints and servers with minimal performance impact, maintaining full system functionality.

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Inventory & Trust Assignment

The console builds a complete software catalog. Trusted publishers, hashes, and approved applications receive trust levels — known-good software is automatically approved.

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Policy Enforcement

High enforcement mode activates the Default-Deny posture. Unapproved executables, scripts, and devices are blocked in real time before they can cause harm.

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Monitor & Report

Continuous event logging, compliance dashboards, and SIEM integration provide full audit trails and real-time alerts — keeping your security team in complete control.

Benefits

Why Organizations Choose App Control

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Stop malware, ransomware & next-gen attacks — before they execute, not after detection.

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Reduce unplanned downtime on critical systems by preventing unauthorized configuration changes.

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Consolidate endpoint agents — replace multiple point solutions with a single unified platform.

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Meet regulatory mandates — PCI-DSS, HIPAA, NIST, CIS Controls, and more with built-in compliance reporting.

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Protect legacy and EOL systems — extend security to Windows Server 2003, XP, and other unsupported platforms.

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Increase IT efficiency with automated file trust decisions and streamlined audit processes.

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Identify all software across endpoints with complete application catalog and CPE inventory.

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Attack Surface Reduction

Default-Deny eliminates entire malware delivery chains

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3+

Years of Enterprise Experience

Carbon Black deployments across diverse environments

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Zero Unplanned Breaches

On properly tuned High Enforcement deployments

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24/7

Continuous Monitoring

Real-time event streaming and alert management

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Integrations

Works With Your Security Stack

Carbon Black App Control's open API ecosystem connects seamlessly with your existing SIEM, network, and endpoint security tools for unified security operations.

Carbon Black

Endpoint Security

Microsoft Azure

Cloud Platform

Splunk

SIEM Analytics

Cisco

Network Security

VMware

Virtualization

Microsoft 365

Collaboration

AWS

Cloud Platform

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Open API

Custom Integrations

Compliance

Meet Every Regulatory Standard

App Control's built-in compliance reporting and audit trail capabilities help organizations satisfy major regulatory mandates out of the box.

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PCI-DSS

Application whitelisting and file integrity monitoring satisfy PCI-DSS requirements for payment card environments — reduce audit scope and demonstrate control.

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HIPAA

Protect ePHI systems with strict application control and change tracking. Demonstrate access controls and audit trails required by HIPAA Security Rule.

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NIST CSF

Map directly to NIST Cybersecurity Framework Protect, Detect, and Respond functions with application control, FIM, and real-time event logging.

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CIS Controls

Satisfy CIS Controls for application software security, inventory and control of software assets, and malware defenses across all endpoint classes.

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ISO 27001

Demonstrate information security management controls with automated software inventory, change management, and access control documentation.

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SOC 2

Support SOC 2 Type II evidence collection with continuous monitoring, audit logging, and automated compliance reporting across all managed systems.

Get Started

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