Why App Control Fails Most Teams and How Managed ESPM Fixes It

The report recounts a real phishing case where a malicious attachment installed LogMeIn Resolve (an RMM), enabling persistent attacker access, and uses telemetry showing a 277% rise in RMM-based attacks and that 32% of recent incidents could have been prevented by blocking rogue RMMs. It argues that traditional application control is too resource-intensive for MSPs and small IT teams and introduces Huntress Managed ESPM and its RMM Guard feature as a managed, targeted app-control solution to detect and block unauthorized remote access tools while preserving user productivity.