Beyondtrust Software, Inc.

Beyondtrust Corporation

Simon Fradkin

Steven Joruk

Omar Jawayd Ikram

Systems and methods are disclosed for event-based application control. A system extension is configured to leverage an endpoint security API for monitoring event activity within operating system kernel processes. The system extension registers with the endpoint security API particular event types for which the system extension would like to receive notifications. In response to receiving notifications regarding detected events corresponding to the registered event types, the system extension determines if the event, and its corresponding process, are safe and allowable to execute. In various embodiments, the system leverages whitelists, blacklists, and rules policies for making a safeness determination regarding the event notification. The system extension transmits this determination to the operating system via the endpoint security API.

Systems and methods for event-based application control

Systems and methods for root-level application selective configuration for managing performance of actions on files in a file system including an agent executed on a computing device. The agent can determine files stored in a particular folder and determine file metadata corresponding to the files based on a policy file. The agent can receive a selection of a particular file of the files that corresponds to one of the file metadata. The agent can determine an availability of one or more actions for the particular file as specified by file metadata. The agent can render a context menu that includes menu entries with one or more additional menu entry that corresponds to the actions based on the file metadata. The agent can perform an authentication of a current user account based on the policy file and cause the action to be performed based on privileges of the agent.

Root-level application selective configuration

Systems and methods for root-level application selective configuration for managing installation of applications in a file system include at least one computing device and an agent. The at least one computing device can receive selections from a user for a file and for actions desired to be executed on the file. Instead of requiring a particular privilege level for the user, the agent can be provided privileges based on a policy file associated with the selected file, thereby allowing the selectable actions to be executed via the agent. The agent can be executed by the at least one computing device and register with an OS during a boot sequence. The agent can receive a selection of a file and render a context menu based on metadata from an associated policy file. The context menu can include one or more badges providing an indication of executable actions for the selected file.

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Simon Fradkin