11 June 2026•4 min read
The Event 3089 trap — when a signed file shows as unsigned
A properly signed file can appear unsigned in WDAC audit events depending on how it was loaded. Policies built purely from those events end up bloated.
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4 June 2026•4 min read
The WDAC events that are just noise
Native image DLLs generate a flood of events that look like a problem. They are not.
30 May 2026•5 min read
What needs to be true before you start an application control project
Application control projects do not fail because the technology is hard. They fail because the environment was not ready for the control before it was introduced.
19 May 2026•4 min read
Where the resistance to application control actually comes from
Application control rollouts rarely stall because of the business. They stall inside IT, and each internal group resists for different reasons.