Whitelisting technology prevents unauthorized software from running on corporate servers and PCs. Burton Group, a division of Gartner, recommends it as a “complementary” security defense. Traditional antivirus software based on “blacklisting” to block and eradicate known malware can’t keep up these days. The Burton Group report provides an exhaustive summary of the various application-control products on the market today and the platforms they support (smartphones are largely missing) The major uses for application control and whitelisting are to lock down production servers and embedded PCs.”]