What is Whitelist Allowlist?
Reading Time: 4 minutes However, blacklisting doesn’t account for unidentified threats, sometimes resulting in a misleading sense of security. Application whitelisting is the approach of restricting the usage of any tools or applications only to those that are already vetted and approved. Organizations adopt this approach by delegating a system administrator or third-party application to manage the list of applications and enforce these restrictions. Like the other cybersecurity measures, IP whitelisting popularity grew during the pandemic when businesses shifted to working-from-home. They whitelist the addresses granting the employees access…