Airlock Digital, a leader in proactive application control and endpoint security, announced the release of The Total Economic Impact (TEI) of Airlock Digital, an independent study commissioned by Airlock Digital and conducted by Forrester Consulting. The study demonstrates a significant 224% return on investment (ROI) and a $3.8 million net present value (NPV) over three years for organizations adopting Airlock Digital’s allowlisting approach. These findings underline both the financial and security value of Airlock Digital’s solution.
Forrester’s TEI methodology evaluates the potential financial impact of technology investments by aggregating insights from customer interviews and modeling a composite organization representative of global organizations. According to the study, Airlock Digital enabled:
- 224% ROI over three years
- $3.8M net present value based on quantified benefits versus costs
- >25% reduction in overall risk of security breaches
- Zero breaches reported by interviewed organizations after deploying Airlock Digital
- Significant operational efficiencies with reduced administrative overhead
As cyberattacks continue to grow in scale and sophistication, more organizations are turning to application control and allowlisting as foundational components of a proactive security strategy. Traditional reactive security tools attempt to detect and block threats after execution attempts are made—often too late to prevent compromise. Allowlisting reverses this paradigm, enforcing a Deny by Default posture that ensures only trusted and approved software is permitted to run. This approach dramatically reduces the attack surface, curbs the spread of malware and ransomware, and helps organizations meet increasingly stringent regulatory and compliance requirements. Airlock Digital’s modern, operationally friendly implementation of allowlisting enables security teams to adopt this strategy without the administrative complexity historically associated with legacy tools.
The study highlights that Airlock Digital helps organizations strengthen their security posture, lower ongoing maintenance costs, and improve software inventory management while keeping operational and administrative burden low. The study noted that a single security analyst can effectively manage Airlock Digital policies in much less time than traditional solutions require, contributing to cost savings and improved productivity.
About Airlock Digital
Airlock Digital delivers market-leading allowlisting and application control solutions that empower enterprises to enforce a Deny by Default security posture. Trusted globally across industries, Airlock Digital enables organizations to prevent unauthorized code execution, simplify compliance, and strengthen cyber-resilience without sacrificing performance or user productivity. This approach minimizes attack surfaces and helps organizations align their cybersecurity strategies with government frameworks and standards.
Users can download the full Forrester TEI study: https://www.airlockdigital.com/forrester-tei-report
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