diff --git a/test/security/check_for_jdwp.sh b/test/security/check_for_jdwp.sh
index e79f712..9343d16 100755
--- a/test/security/check_for_jdwp.sh
+++ b/test/security/check_for_jdwp.sh
@@ -28,68 +28,114 @@
 # Return value: Number of discovered JDWP ports
 # Output: List of pods and exposing JDWP interface
 #
+usage() {
+  cat <<EOF
+Usage: $(basename $0) <k8s-namespace> [-l <white list file>]
+    -l: jdpw white list ports file
+EOF
+  exit ${1:-0}
+}
 
 if [ "$#" -lt 1 ]; then
-    echo "Usage: $0 <k8s-namespace>"
+    usage
     exit 1
 fi
 
 K8S_NAMESPACE=$1
 LOCAL_PORT=12543
+FILTERED_PORTS_LIST=$(mktemp jdpw_ports_XXXXXX)
+WL_RAW_FILE_PATH=$(mktemp raw_filtered_ports_XXXXXX)
+
+manage_white_list() {
+  # init filtered port list file
+  if [ ! -f $WL_FILE_PATH ];then
+   echo "File not found"
+   usage
+  fi
+  grep -o '^[^#]*' $WL_FILE_PATH > $WL_RAW_FILE_PATH
+}
+
+### getopts
+while :
+do
+  case $2 in
+      -h|--help|help) usage;;
+       -l) WL_FILE_PATH=$3;manage_white_list;shift;;
+        -*) usage 1 ;;
+         *) break ;;
+    esac
+done
 
 list_pods() {
-	kubectl get po --namespace=$K8S_NAMESPACE | grep Running | awk '{print $1}' | grep -v NAME
+  kubectl get po --namespace=$K8S_NAMESPACE | grep Running | awk '{print $1}' | grep -v NAME
 }
 
 do_jdwp_handshake() {
-	local ip="127.0.0.1"
-	local port=$1
-	local jdwp_challenge="JDWP-Handshake\n"
-	local jdwp_response="JDWP-Handshake"
+  local ip="127.0.0.1"
+  local port=$1
+  local jdwp_challenge="JDWP-Handshake\n"
+  local jdwp_response="JDWP-Handshake"
 
-	# 10s timeout to avoid hangs when service doesn't answer at all
-	local response=`nc -w 10 $ip $port <<<$jdwp_challenge | tr '\0' '\n'`
-	local n_response_lines=`echo "$response" | wc -l`
-	if [[ "$n_response_lines" -le 1 ]] && [[ $response == *"$jdwp_response"* ]]; then
-		return 0
-	fi
+  # 10s timeout to avoid hangs when service doesn't answer at all
+  local response=`nc -w 10 $ip $port <<<$jdwp_challenge | tr '\0' '\n'`
+  local n_response_lines=`echo "$response" | wc -l`
+  if [[ "$n_response_lines" -le 1 ]] && [[ $response == *"$jdwp_response"* ]]; then
+  return 0
+  fi
 
-	return 1
+  return 1
 }
 # get open ports from procfs as netstat is not always available
 get_open_ports_on_pod() {
-	local pod=$1
-	local open_ports_hex=`kubectl exec --namespace=$K8S_NAMESPACE $pod cat /proc/net/tcp 2>/dev/null| grep -v "local_address" | awk '{ print $2" "$4 }' | grep '0A$' | tr ":" " " | awk '{ print $2 }' | sort | uniq`
-	for hex_port in $open_ports_hex; do
-		echo $((16#$hex_port))
-	done
+  local pod=$1
+  local open_ports_hex=`kubectl exec --namespace=$K8S_NAMESPACE $pod cat /proc/net/tcp 2>/dev/null| grep -v "local_address" | awk '{ print $2" "$4 }' | grep '0A$' | tr ":" " " | awk '{ print $2 }' | sort | uniq`
+  for hex_port in $open_ports_hex; do
+  echo $((16#$hex_port))
+  done
 }
 
 N_PORTS=0
 
 # go through all pods
 for pod in `list_pods`; do
-	open_ports=`get_open_ports_on_pod $pod`
-	# if there is no open ports just go to next pod
-	if [ -z "$open_ports" ]; then
-		continue
-	fi
+  open_ports=`get_open_ports_on_pod $pod`
+  # if there is no open ports just go to next pod
+  if [ -z "$open_ports" ]; then
+  continue
+  fi
 
-	# let's setup a proxy and check every open port
-	for port in $open_ports; do
-		# run proxy
-		kubectl port-forward --namespace=$K8S_NAMESPACE $pod $LOCAL_PORT:$port &>/dev/null &
-		sleep 1
-		proxy_pid=$!
+  # let's setup a proxy and check every open port
+  for port in $open_ports; do
+    # run proxy
+    kubectl port-forward --namespace=$K8S_NAMESPACE $pod $LOCAL_PORT:$port &>/dev/null &
+    sleep 1
+    proxy_pid=$!
 
-		do_jdwp_handshake $LOCAL_PORT
-		if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-			echo $pod $port
-			((++N_PORTS))
-		fi
-		kill $proxy_pid 2>/dev/null
-		wait $proxy_pid 2>/dev/null
-	done
+    do_jdwp_handshake $LOCAL_PORT
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+      echo $pod $port | tee $FILTERED_PORTS_LIST
+      ((++N_PORTS))
+    fi
+    kill $proxy_pid 2>/dev/null
+    wait $proxy_pid 2>/dev/null
+  done
 done
 
-exit $N_PORTS
+while IFS= read -r line; do
+  # for each line we test if it is in the white list with a regular expression
+  while IFS= read -r wl_line; do
+   wl_name=$(echo $wl_line | awk {'print $1'})
+   wl_port=$(echo $wl_line | awk {'print $2'})
+   if grep -e $wl_name.*$wl_port <<< "$line";then
+       # Found in white list, exclude it
+       sed -i "/$line/d" $FILTERED_PORTS_LIST
+   fi
+  done < $WL_RAW_FILE_PATH
+done < $FILTERED_PORTS_LIST
+
+N_FILTERED_PORTS_LIST=$(cat $FILTERED_PORTS_LIST |wc -l)
+echo "------------------------------------"
+echo "Nb error pod(s): $N_FILTERED_PORTS_LIST"
+cat $FILTERED_PORTS_LIST
+
+exit $N_FILTERED_PORTS_LIST
diff --git a/test/security/jdwp_whitelist.txt b/test/security/jdwp_whitelist.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..34d5f63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/security/jdwp_whitelist.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# White list for JDWP ports
+# JDWP = Java Debug Wire Protocol
+# The following list displays pods and their associated pod that could be
+# considered as False positive
+onap-dcae-redis 6379 # Redis port
+onap-msb-eag 6379 # Redis port
+onap-msb-iag 6379 # Redis port