McAfee Application Control Provides Complete Endpoint Security Through Whitelisting

McAfee Application Control Provides Complete Endpoint Security Through
Whitelisting

Now Protects Desktops in Addition to Servers and Fixed Function
Devices

Markham, Ontario - January 25, 2012 - The latest release of McAfee
Application Control
(http://www.mcafee.com/us/products/application-control.aspx) is
integrated with McAfee Global Threat Intelligence to show the file
reputation of every file in the enterprise. This feature, coupled with
whitelisting and memory protection, makes it an ideal solution for
blocking advanced persistent threats and zero-day attacks. The solution
is centrally managed by McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator software
(http://www.mcafee.com/us/products/epolicy-orchestrator.aspx) and
uses a dynamic trust model which reduces costs by eliminating expensive
manual support requirements.

McAfee Application Control is now a powerful solution for corporate
desktops with the introduction of a set of desktop-specific features
including friendly end-user notifications and approval requests.
Protecting the desktop and the endpoint is essential as they are often
vulnerable points subject to human error.  Employees and online users
can unintentionally introduce software that installs malware, creates
support issues, and violates software licenses - compromising systems
and the overall business.  McAfee Application Control allows only
trusted applications to run on the company’s endpoints and servers.

McAfee Application Control Key Features:

McAfee Global Threat Intelligence - a cloud-based knowledge of
reputation of files, which is used by McAfee Application Control to
classify applications as good or bad. This feature indicates whether any
malware is being whitelisted inadvertently and also highlights files
without a reputation, which need to be investigated internally.

Dynamic Whitelisting - can configure it such that the whitelist will
grow dynamically when systems are patched and updated, alleviating the
hassle of manual updates to the whitelist.

Memory Protection - helps ensure that the whitelisted programs which
might contain some inherent vulnerabilities cannot be exploited through
a buffer overflow or other means. This feature helps prevent complex
threats from circumventing whitelisting.

McAfee Ecosystem - well integrated within the McAfee product ecosystem
to create a multi-faceted whitelisting solution.  Integration with the
ePolicy Orchestrator platform gives organizations a single security
console to manage all their security solutions thus improving
operational efficiency. Additionally, integration with McAfee Risk
Advisor helps prioritize which systems to patch first and offers
visibility on whether McAfee Application Control gives them coverage
from the most recent threats. Building upon the whitelisting
capabilities, McAfee Host Intrusion Prevention can be used to firewall
files with unknown reputations.

“As enterprises face an avalanche of unknown software from the web,
McAfee Application Control provides the essential layer of defense for
protecting enterprises from advanced unknown threats,” said Martin
Ward, senior director of endpoint solutions at McAfee.  “McAfee is now
extending this protection, which has been available on servers and fixed
function devices, to corporate desktops in a solution scalable to the
largest enterprises.”

For more information on McAfee Application Control, visit the product
page (http://www.mcafee.com/us/products/application-control.aspx) or
watch the video ().

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delivers proactive and proven solutions and services that help secure
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to safely connect to the Internet, browse and shop the Web more
securely. Backed by
 its unrivaled Global Threat Intelligence, McAfee
creates innovative products that empower home users, businesses, the
public sector and service providers by enabling them to prove compliance
with regulations, protect data, prevent disruptions, identify
vulnerabilities, and continuously monitor and improve their security.
McAfee is relentlessly focused on constantly finding new ways to keep
our customers safe. http://www.mcafee.com.

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For more information please contact:
Rejane Wilson / Jennifer Rideout
StrategicAmpersand Inc. (for McAfee Canada)
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(416) 961-5595