Every tool on a managed desktop — IDEs, editors, browser extensions, sync utilities — runs with the user's full access to files, the clipboard, and the network. A single compromised plugin or one paste into a public AI tool can move your crown jewels outside your control. This whitepaper shows how application sandboxing closes that gap — without VDI latency or locking down your engineers.
The implicit trust gap looks different depending on what you protect. The whitepaper maps real incidents — compromised IDE extensions, a weaponized installer download, and a Notepad remote-code-execution flaw — to the controls that contain them.
Keep chip designs, EDA files, and process IP inside scoped workspaces — even on contractor and shared engineering desktops.
Contain research data, formulations, and regulated PII; intercept the clipboard paste into public AI before it leaves.
Bound CUI and ITAR technical data with deny-by-default egress and tamper-evident audit trails aligned to CMMC and NIST 800-171.