FDCC
The FDCC, a U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) mandate, requires that all Federal Agencies standardize the configuration of approximately 300 settings on each of their Windows XP and Vista Computer. The reason for this standardization is to strengthen Federal IT security by reducing opportunities for hackers to access and exploit government computer systems.
Enforcing a whitelist of authorized software and preventing software configuration complements FDCC. Software that is extraneous to business use often introduces security vulnerabilities and, once a machine is exploited, attackers can use it as a staging point for collecting sensitive information from other systems.
Bit9 helps federal agencies protect information by providing a methodology for application whitelisting and preventing the installation or execution of unauthorized applications. These application controls minimize the risk of malicious, illegal and unauthorized software that can create vulnerabilities and enable targeted attacks.
Bit9 provides:
- Application whitelisting to ensure only authorized software is allowed to run - blocking ALL unauthorized software
- Prevent software configuration drift from a known good state
- Audit new software is installations or preventative blocks
- Software metering to identify to audit software execution
Read more about how Bit9 helps prevent software configuration drift that can enable malicious and targeted attacks:
