
Right-click and select Edit to open the Group Policy Management Editor.


Obviously, unpatched applications shouldn’t be allowed to run until they’re secured. Such a program could remain unpatched after a critical vulnerability is publicly disclosed, which opens it up to be exploited by malware. Using SRP as an application whitelisting technique allows administrators to enhance their domain’s security posture by preventing malicious programs from executing.Ĭonfiguring SRPs for application whitelistingĬonsider a scenario where a user installs a program without notifying the administrator.

With the help of SRPs, administrators can establish trust policies to restrict certain scripts and applications that aren’t fully trusted from running. Software Restriction Policies (SRPs) is a Group Policy-based feature in Active Directory (AD) that identifies and controls the execution of various programs on the computers in an AD domain.
