Time limited application enablement

A system, comprising:

• at least one processor circuit;
• at least one memory that stores program code configured to be executed by the at least one processor circuit, the program code comprising:
• a list obtainer configured to obtain a list of one or more applications that are permitted to execute on a managed device;
• an application manager configured to:
• receive, from each of a plurality of devices in the computing environment, an execution history of at least one application in the list with respect to the device, and
• determine a common time at which the at least one application in the list executes on the plurality of devices based on historical execution times identified in the execution histories;
• a rule assigner configured to assign, to the at least one application in the list, a rule that specifies a time period during which the application is allowed to execute on the managed device, the specified time period being automatically determined based at least on the common time at which the at least one application in the list executes on the plurality of devices, the rule when applied to the managed device permitting the at least one application to execute on the managed device during the specified time period and preventing the at least one application from executing on the managed device outside of the specified time period;
• and
• an interface configured to apply the rule to the managed device.

A computer-readable storage medium having program instructions recorded thereon that, when executed by at least one processing circuit, perform a method for managing execution of applications on a computing device, the method comprising:

• specifying a time period in which at least one application is permitted to execute on the computing device;
• and
• preventing the at least one application from executing on the computing device outside of the specified time period by:
• inserting, by a software component, at a beginning of the specified time period, the at least one application into a whitelist of applications utilized by a security tool to selectively permit the at least one application to execute on the computing device, the security tool not being capable of implementing a temporal whitelist rule;
• and
• removing, by the software component, at the end of the specified time period, the at least one application from the whitelist of applications to prevent the at least one application from executing on the computing device.