Parity suite from bit9 software 7

It's not perfect, and it did not score a perfect 10 in every field -- but it earned the highest score this reviewer has ever given. It provides broad coverage of Windows clients and file types, and its functionality and features assist users with making the right trust decisions needed to secure their environment.

The Parity client supports Windows and later, including embedded versions. Bit9 Parity comes linked, like SignaCert, to a cloud service with more than 7. Machines can be scanned to create baseline rulesets, and individual files and folders can be whitelisted or blacklisted. Where Bit9 takes application control to a new level is in rating identified files as to their trust and risk, based upon hash, digital signature if included , software category if known , and location.

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Events Innovation Awards EDGE Show Comments. Stop malicious software in it's tracks! Is it possible to setup a rule to block iexplore. Like don't processes anything. Do they need internet connectivity? If not, you'll be ok. If yes, I would recommend a whitelisting antivirus. Browse by category. If Parity can identify the file, it can also tell you the category for example, Hacking Tool when it was installed, and by which user.

Parity can report overall risk, based upon individual file risks, for each managed computer screen image. SignaCert achieves something similar with its Authenticity score rating, but that has more to do with the legitimacy of a particular file than its potential risk to a system.

This feature of Bit9 Parity not only raises it above the other products in this review, but above most computer security products in general. Administrators can run reports to see which computers are at highest risk in their environment and then work to resolve those outliers first. Another statistic, called Drift, indicates how many program executions have been approved by a trusted user for files not previously whitelisted on the baseline image.

If a computer drifts too far away from the baseline or incurs too much risk, the previously trusted user can be confined to Lockdown mode. This sort of real-time assistance alone deserves a top rating. But Bit9 also gives IT the means to improve risk and drift numbers over time, and to report real, consequential, or diminishing security risk to upper management.