Whitelisting is a cybersecurity strategy under which only pre-approved or trusted users, entities, or actions are allowed to operate on a system or network. Instead of trying to keep one step ahead of ...

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Allowing the use of only trusted applications — instead of blocking only known threats — can prevent malware from entering an agency's network. The use of blacklisting as a form of cybersecurity ...

In Windows it is possible to configure two different methods that determine whether an application should be allowed to run. The first method, known as blacklisting, is when you allow all applications ...

It’s déjà vu all over again. Whitelisting technology has enjoyed a resurgence of interest lately, with antivirus companies such as Symantec, McAfee, and Microsoft planning to add it to their ...

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Guilty until proven innocent. That’s the way I like to think of one of the most effective elements of a cybersecurity strategy. The strategy is called whitelisting, which turns the traditional ...

If you’re trying to bar the door to malware infections, automated application whitelisting is a tactic that the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology thinks you should try — and the ...

The IT security industry has come to a frank realisation that the current approach to preventing malware is simply not working. Is whitelisting, which is the reverse of our current approach, the ...