Why App Allowlisting and Zero Trust Solutions Alone Won’t Save You

This Huntress blog explains that application allowlisting and prevention-only strategies are insufficient on their own, illustrates real-world examples where attackers used social engineering, PowerShell, and rogue RMM instances to bypass allowlists, cites statistics on RMM abuse and defense-evasion, and recommends combining allowlisting with continuous detection and managed response to achieve layered security.