blacklist

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-000470",
  "term": "blacklist",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "1. Words or phrases that are not allowed to appear in given content and are an indication the content is likely not releasable to the destination domain. To be contrasted with clean words, those words that contain a dirty word but are allowed to appear in given content (e.g. if \"secret\" was a dirty word, then \"secretary\" could be a clean word).\n\n2. A blacklist is a list of discrete entities, such as hosts, email addresses, network port numbers, runtime processes, or applications, that have been previously determined to be associated with malicious activity. Note: Blacklist is also known by the terms “block list/blocklist” and “deny list/denylist.”\n\n3. A list of discrete entities that have been previously determined to be associated with malicious activity.\n\n4. A list of discrete entities, such as hosts or applications that have been previously determined to be associated with malicious activity.",
  "synonyms": [
    "dirty word list"
  ],
  "references": [
    "CNSSI 4009-2022",
    "CNSSI 4009-2022 from NIST SP 800-167 (adapted)",
    "NIST SP 800-167",
    "NISTIR 7621 Rev. 1 from NIST SP 800-94, CNSSI 4009-2022",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/blacklist/"
}