62% of respondents expect a financially driven attack such as ransomware to hit their organization in the next 12 months. Application whitelisting (AWL) is a cybersecurity strategy that only allows tested, safe, and approved applications to run on a device, computer, or network. AWL is an alternative to blacklisting, which compiles a list of known malicious files and prevents them from running. It puts control into the hands of IT and security teams by allowing only known or trusted applications to be allowed to run in an environment.”]