Microsoft’s AppLocker, the application control feature included in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, is an improvement on the Software Restriction Policies (SRP) introduced with Windows XP ...

Microsoft Why AppLocker makes using an application execution Whitelist so easy. It so happens that the topic of Whitelists vs. Blacklists comes up a lot when I’m talking to clients.

Windows 11's Controlled Folder Access offers a simple yet effective way to protect locally stored data from ransomware, even when AppLocker isn't in play.