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whitelist

nounid 4661·updated May 12, 2026
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A list of discrete entities, such as hosts or applications that are known to be benign and are approved for use within an organization and/or information system.

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

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Information Class

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Variants

plural
whitelists
possessive
whitelist's
pluralpossessive
whitelists'

Framework definitions

National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS) Cybersecurity Lexicon1 senseview framework →
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A list of entities that are considered trustworthy and are granted access or privileges.
NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
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A list of discrete entities, such as hosts or applications that are known to be benign and are approved for use within an organization and/or information system.
NIST SP 800-1281 senseview framework →
§1
A list of discrete entities, such as hosts or applications that are known to be benign and are approved for use within an organization and/or information system.

Outgoing relationships

related

Incoming relationships

related