Cybersecurity
Application Allowlisting
Allowlisting is the control that survives an unknown binary. We quote the license per endpoint and deliver machines already imaged to a known-good baseline, so the learning phase starts from something clean.
- Category
- Default-deny execution control on managed endpoints and servers
- What we quote
- Per-endpoint subscriptions plus imaging to a known-good baseline
- Boundary
- The approval workflow and the exception queue are yours to operate
The only endpoint control that does not need to recognize the attack
Detection technologies all share one dependency: something has to recognize the thing that is happening. Allowlisting removes that dependency by inverting the question — instead of asking whether a binary is known-bad, the endpoint asks whether it is on the approved list, and refuses everything else. A brand-new loader nobody has ever seen fails on the same rule as a decade-old one. That is a genuinely strong control and an operationally demanding one, because the list has to be built, maintained and defended against the pressure to add exceptions. Two things make the rollout survivable: starting from a clean, standardized image rather than from whatever accumulated on the machine, and having a real approval path so a blocked user gets an answer in minutes. We supply the first and quote the license; the second is yours to staff.
Why the image matters more than the policy engine
Every allowlisting deployment begins with a learning period in which the agent observes what runs and proposes a baseline. Run that on an estate of machines with years of accumulated shadow software and the baseline you get is a snapshot of the mess — including anything already there that should not be. Run it on machines imaged to a controlled gold build and the baseline is close to the policy you actually want, and the exception queue after cutover is a fraction of the size.
That makes hardware refresh and allowlisting natural companions rather than competing projects. Machines that arrive imaged to your standard build, patched, enrolled and asset-tagged start in the state the control assumes. Licensing is straightforward by comparison: per endpoint per year, with servers usually a separate SKU, quoted against your term.
Subscriptions are sourced through authorized US distribution rather than held on a shelf, so stock language does not apply to them; what matters is the term, the seat band and the co-termination date.
The license and the clean baseline underneath it
The named line below is the one the hub catalog genuinely prices. Other allowlisting products are sourced on request through authorized US distribution. Naming a manufacturer describes the market, not a Uniqcli partnership or endorsement.
ThreatLocker
Allowlisting and execution-control licensing with priced rows across the product line, quoted per endpoint against your term. Server and workstation entitlements are separate SKUs, and mid-term additions are co-termed to the same anniversary rather than starting a second clock.
Imaged to a known-good build
Machines delivered imaged to your gold build, firmware baselined, enrolled and asset-tagged through our OEM-integration lane — so the learning phase observes the estate you designed rather than the one that accumulated. Scoped per order alongside the hardware.
What makes or breaks the deployment, and it is not the product
Allowlisting fails in one predictable way: a blocked user cannot get an answer fast enough, pressure builds, and somebody adds a broad exception that hollows out the control. Preventing that is a staffing and process decision — who approves, within what response time, and who is allowed to say no. That is yours, and it is the single best predictor of whether the deployment is still enforcing anything in a year.
We supply the license and the clean starting point. We do not build your allowlist, approve exceptions or operate the console. We do not operate the platform after handover. The console, the policy, the tuning and the response process stay with your team or the MSP you have chosen; what we supply is the license, the hardware it runs on and the integration work that puts both into service.
Allowlisting questions
What is application allowlisting?
A default-deny execution control: only software explicitly approved is permitted to run, and everything else is blocked regardless of whether it is recognized as malicious. It inverts the model antivirus uses, which is why it holds up against binaries nobody has seen before.
Does allowlisting replace EDR?
No — they answer different questions and most programs run both. Allowlisting stops unapproved code from executing; EDR records what approved code actually did, which is what you need when the abuse comes through a legitimate, approved tool. The two together cover materially more than either alone.
How disruptive is the rollout?
That depends almost entirely on the starting state and the approval path. Deployed onto standardized, freshly imaged machines with a responsive approval queue, most users notice very little. Deployed onto an unmanaged estate without a staffed queue, it generates enough friction that the policy usually gets loosened until it stops meaning anything.
Can you image machines to our baseline before delivery?
Yes. Imaging to your gold build, firmware baselining, enrollment and asset tagging can be scoped on the same order as the hardware, so the endpoints arrive in the state the control assumes rather than needing a rebuild after they land.
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Quote allowlisting with a clean starting point
Send the endpoint count, the server count and whether a hardware refresh is in scope. We return a per-endpoint license quote with imaging to your gold build priced alongside it.