You work from home and realized you only really do about 20 hours of actual work. So to fill the other 20 hours of time you installed Steam and a few of your favorite games. Your boss, the Security Team Manager, asks you to ensure no one is able to install any games or gaming platforms on their work computer. You think he's probably trying to send you a message. What could you do to prevent yourself and other employees from installing things like Steam and video games on their PCs or work phones?
Implement application blacklisting
Configure Host Based Firewalls on all devices
Implement a VPN with IPSec traffic tunneling
Implement a HTTP Proxy Firewall to block non-approved websites
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A blacklist is a list of things that are not allowed and should be blocked. So an application blacklist is a list of applications that are blocked from being installed or run. Blocking commonly used applications that are not work-appropriate would be a good start to solving this issue and ensuring your boss doesn't fire you. How to implement application blacklist depends in on the devices and operating systems used in your organization but is generally possible on most common operating systems or with 3rd party device management solutions.
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In computing, a blacklist, disallowlist, blocklist, or denylist is a basic access control mechanism that allows through all elements (email addresses, users, passwords, URLs, IP addresses, domain names, file hashes, etc.), except those explicitly mentioned. Those items on the list are denied access. The opposite is a whitelist, allowlist, or passlist, in which only items on the list are let through whatever gate is being used. A greylist contains items that are temporarily blocked (or temporarily allowed) until an additional step is performed.
Blacklists can be applied at various points in a security architecture, such as a host, web proxy, DNS servers, email server, firewall, directory servers or application authentication gateways. The type of element blocked is influenced by the access control location. DNS servers may be well-suited to block domain names, for example, but not URLs. A firewall is well-suited for blocking IP addresses, but less so for blocking malicious files or passwords.
Example uses include a company that might prevent a list of software from running on its network, a school that might prevent access to a list of websites from its computers, or a business that wants to ensure their computer users are not choosing easily guessed, poor passwords.
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