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Windows 11 Quietly Mandates Enterprise App Control with WDAC

Episode 105 of The Windows Podcast digs into Microsoft's latest quiet mandate: Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) is now required for all Windows 11 Enterprise devices. Lucas and Luna explain how WDAC differs from AppLocker (covered in Ep 97), why it's more secure, and what IT admins need to know about deployment, auditing, and policy creation. They walk through a real-world example of a financial services firm that rolled out WDAC to 5,000 endpoints, cutting software exploit incidents by 80%. The episode also covers the transition from AppLocker to WDAC, the importance of signed…

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