Carbon Black Protection, also known as CB Protection or App Control, is an advanced application control and endpoint security platform that locks down systems, prevents unauthorized changes, and stops ransomware, malware, and zero-day attacks. It provides strong protection by enforcing trust-based execution and ensuring only approved software can run.
- Application Control: Allows only trusted and approved applications to execute.
- Device Lockdown: Protects critical servers, endpoints, and fixed-function devices.
- Ransomware Prevention: Blocks malicious encryption behaviors and unauthorized modifications.
- File Integrity Monitoring: Tracks and alerts on changes to critical files and configurations.
- Policy-Based Enforcement: Defines granular rules for execution, updates, and application behavior.
- Centralized Management: Manage policies, reports, and security events from a unified console.
- Basic understanding of endpoint security and threat prevention.
- Knowledge of Windows, Linux, or macOS administration.
- Familiarity with application behavior and process execution.
- Understanding of malware, ransomware, and security policies.
- Implementing trust-based application execution and device lockdown.
- Configuring application control policies for enterprise environments.
- Preventing ransomware, malware, and unauthorized system changes.
- Managing CB Protection console, events, and rule sets.
- Monitoring file integrity and critical system modifications.
- Integrating Carbon Black with SIEMs and security platforms.
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