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This action allows a process to be protected from most tampering by users.

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titleIntroduced in 7.1 SP3

This feature was Introduced in version 7.1 SP3

Adjust Process Security

In Arellia Application Control Solution 7.1 SP3 the ability to adjust process security was added. This feature Adjusting process security allows a process to be protected from most tampering by users. For example, it can be used to restrict who can stop a process from the task manager. It is also recommended that all adjusting of process security is done in a test environment before it is deployed to the production environment.

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security descriptor

The Security Descriptor security descriptor defines who has what rights to the process that is started.

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From the "Security Descriptors - User Defined" (Under Policies) we can create a new Process Security Descriptor where we will define what rights each user or group has to the process. (It is strongly recommended that the System has Full Control always.)

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process security action

The Process Security Action is what applies the restrictions to the process when it is created.

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creating of the new "Set Process Security Descriptor Action" rename the action and choose the newly created Security Descriptor and

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select Save. The new action appears in the list of actions available under Process Security.

Create a new Application Control

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policy

After creating a new Application Control Policy and choosing which application(s) it applies to, change the application action to include the new Process Security Descriptor Action.