Creating the List of Applications on the Reference Device

You need to generate a list of the applications on your reference device. This is a Windows device with a tightly-controlled disk image that contains the typical applications used on protected Endpoint devices in your organization. If you have several different standard images, set up a reference device for each.

To generate the list of applications, run the Appscan command on the reference device. This generates an XML file that contains the details of all the applications and operating system files on the device. In the XML file, each application, and each application version, is uniquely identified by a checksum. A checksum is a unique identifier for programs that cannot be forged. This prevents malicious programs from masquerading as other, innocuous programs.