How to find application names for risk assessment policies?

In this topic, you will learn how to find application names for risk assessment policies on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, and via Portnox Cloud.

Microsoft Windows applications

  1. Open the Windows PowerShell.

    For example, click on the  🔍  icon next to your start menu icon and type: powershell. Then, select the Windows PowerShell icon in the start menu.

  2. Type the following command: 
    Get-WmiObject Win32_Process | ForEach-Object { try { if ($_.ExecutablePath) { [System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo]::GetVersionInfo($_.ExecutablePath).FileDescription } } catch {} } | Where-Object { $_ } | Sort-Object -Unique | Out-File "$([Environment]::GetFolderPath('Desktop'))\Applications.txt"
  3. Double click on the Applications.txt file on your desktop to open it.

Result: You will see a list of the names of running applications. Copy the required names and paste them into the risk assessment policy attribute.

macOS applications

  1. Open the Terminal app.
  2. Type the following command: 
    ps -axo comm | grep -i '.app/' | sed -E 's#^.*/([^/]+\.app)/.*#\1#' | sed 's/.app$//' | sort -u > ~/Desktop/applications.txt
  3. Double click on the applications.txt file on your desktop to open it.

Result: You will see a list of the names of running applications. Copy the required names and paste them into the risk assessment policy attribute.

Android applications

  1. Open the Settings app.

    Pull from the top of the screen, and then tap on the  ⚙  icon.

  2. Navigate to Apps > App management.
  3. Scroll down the list and note down the names of the apps that you require.
Note: The exact path to the app list may be different in custom versions of Android.

Linux applications

  1. Open your Linux terminal.
  2. Enter the following command: 
    grep -h '^Name=' /usr/share/applications/*.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/*.desktop 2>/dev/null | cut -d= -f2 | sort -u > ~/Desktop/applications.txt
  3. Double click on the applications.txt file on your desktop to open it.

Result: You will see a list of the names of installed applications. Copy the required names and paste them into the risk assessment policy attribute.

iOS applications

  1. Open the Settings app, and then go to General > iPhone Storage.
  2. Scroll down the list and note down the names of the apps that you require.

Using Portnox Cloud

If you already have a policy in place and AgentP scanned the device to find running applications, you can find application names directly in Portnox Cloud.
  1. Click on the Devices menu option in the top bar
  2. In the list of accounts, click on an account with AgentP installed
  3. Click on a device that has AgentP installed
  4. In the top-right corner, next to the device name, click on the  🗎  icon

  5. In the DEVICE DETAILS window, click on the APPLICATIONS tab

Result: You will see a list of application names. Write down required application names and enter them in the risk assessment policy attribute.