4 May 2026•4 min read
The 90% of WDAC nobody documents
WDAC documentation teaches the syntax. The hard part is the operating model around it: approvals, exception handling, lifecycle ownership, and what happens at 4pm on a Friday.
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28 April 2026•2 min read
Application control status check: why it looks healthier on paper than in practice
Most application control programs stall not because the technology fails, but because they were treated as a deployment instead of a capability that needs an operating model.
27 April 2026•3 min read
Application control is the inverse of antivirus, and the adoption gap shows it
Antivirus blocks known bad. Application control blocks everything unauthorised. Both are essential, but only one is treated as a must-have, and the gap is not about technology.
15 April 2026•1 min read
Essential Eight application control with WDAC: what teams miss in operations
Essential Eight and E8 expectations are easy to state but harder to operationalise without disciplined WDAC policy lifecycle management.