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Application Discovery allows you to specify if a detected application is an “Approved” application based on your organization’s policy. In most organizations, blocking applications can be disruptive and lead to user dissatisfaction. Instead, tracking approved and nonapproved applications allows you to monitor and decide the best action to take, such as user education or requesting approval for the variance.
The tracking of approved and unapproved applications on your network is important. Security and Compliance best practices call for maintaining an accurate inventory of applications in your organization. Additionally, it provides protection for your organization from threats includes the protection of legitimate software used in inappropriate ways that might include a user storing sensitive customer data in unmanaged cloud storage, or malware that utilizes a consumer email to exfiltrate stolen data from the enterprise.
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