Application rules

The following application rules are available:

• File properties rule

  Allows you to filter by a number of different file properties:

  Path, hash, owner, product information and certificate.

  Note that different filter properties also have different advantages and disadvantages in terms of security, evaluation speed and maintainability.

• Application hash database

  Allows you to combine a large number of hashes into a single rule.

• Application collection rule

  Use this rule if you want to use existing application collections (as a collection of paths), but especially to enable learning settings for Application Behavior Control.

• Special rule

  Allows you to unblock predefined program groups.

• Predictive whitelisting rule

  If you do not want to use the global Local Whitelist and Predictive Whitelisting setting, you can assign this rule to specific computers.

• (Deprecated) Application template:

  This rule is only present for backward compatibility for older DriveLock versions

You can use folders in the Application rules node to group rules thematically, e.g. by manufacturer or type of software, and manage them better. In order to control processes such as browser updates, for example, it is practical and convenient to store all the application rules required to do so in a folder named after the browser. You can also assign appropriate access rights.