diff --git a/instrumentation-security/apache-tomcat-10/src/main/java/com/newrelic/agent/security/instrumentation/apache/tomcat10/HttpServletHelper.java b/instrumentation-security/apache-tomcat-10/src/main/java/com/newrelic/agent/security/instrumentation/apache/tomcat10/HttpServletHelper.java
index 4979cbab2..f27ae5e0c 100644
--- a/instrumentation-security/apache-tomcat-10/src/main/java/com/newrelic/agent/security/instrumentation/apache/tomcat10/HttpServletHelper.java
+++ b/instrumentation-security/apache-tomcat-10/src/main/java/com/newrelic/agent/security/instrumentation/apache/tomcat10/HttpServletHelper.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.instrumentation.helpers.GenericHelper;
 import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.instrumentation.helpers.URLMappingsHelper;
 import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.schema.ApplicationURLMapping;
+import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.schema.StringUtils;
 import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.utils.logging.LogLevel;
 
 import jakarta.servlet.ServletContext;
@@ -37,6 +38,10 @@ private static void getJSPMappings(ServletContext servletContext, String dir) {
             if(dir.endsWith(SEPARATOR)){
                 Collection<String> resourcePaths = servletContext.getResourcePaths(dir);
                 for (String path : resourcePaths) {
+                    String entry = StringUtils.removeStart(StringUtils.removeEnd(path, SEPARATOR), StringUtils.SEPARATOR);
+                    if (StringUtils.equalsAny(entry, "META-INF", "WEB-INF")) {
+                        continue;
+                    }
                     if(path.endsWith(SEPARATOR)) {
                         getJSPMappings(servletContext, path);
                     }
diff --git a/instrumentation-security/apache-tomcat-7/src/main/java/com/newrelic/agent/security/instrumentation/apache/tomcat7/HttpServletHelper.java b/instrumentation-security/apache-tomcat-7/src/main/java/com/newrelic/agent/security/instrumentation/apache/tomcat7/HttpServletHelper.java
index 764334d19..c585c7b6c 100644
--- a/instrumentation-security/apache-tomcat-7/src/main/java/com/newrelic/agent/security/instrumentation/apache/tomcat7/HttpServletHelper.java
+++ b/instrumentation-security/apache-tomcat-7/src/main/java/com/newrelic/agent/security/instrumentation/apache/tomcat7/HttpServletHelper.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.instrumentation.helpers.GenericHelper;
 import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.instrumentation.helpers.URLMappingsHelper;
 import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.schema.ApplicationURLMapping;
+import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.schema.StringUtils;
 import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.utils.logging.LogLevel;
 
 import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
@@ -36,6 +37,10 @@ private static void getJSPMappings(ServletContext servletContext, String dir) {
             if(dir.endsWith(SEPARATOR)){
                 Collection<String> resourcePaths = servletContext.getResourcePaths(dir);
                 for (String path : resourcePaths) {
+                    String entry = StringUtils.removeStart(StringUtils.removeEnd(path, SEPARATOR), StringUtils.SEPARATOR);
+                    if (StringUtils.equalsAny(entry, "META-INF", "WEB-INF")) {
+                        continue;
+                    }
                     if(path.endsWith(SEPARATOR)) {
                         getJSPMappings(servletContext, path);
                     }
diff --git a/instrumentation-security/jetty-11/src/main/java/com/newrelic/agent/security/instrumentation/jetty11/HttpServletHelper.java b/instrumentation-security/jetty-11/src/main/java/com/newrelic/agent/security/instrumentation/jetty11/HttpServletHelper.java
index e0528d9e7..7d9da5b24 100644
--- a/instrumentation-security/jetty-11/src/main/java/com/newrelic/agent/security/instrumentation/jetty11/HttpServletHelper.java
+++ b/instrumentation-security/jetty-11/src/main/java/com/newrelic/agent/security/instrumentation/jetty11/HttpServletHelper.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.schema.ApplicationURLMapping;
 import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.schema.HttpRequest;
 import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.schema.SecurityMetaData;
+import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.schema.StringUtils;
 import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.schema.exceptions.NewRelicSecurityException;
 import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.schema.operation.RXSSOperation;
 import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.schema.policy.AgentPolicy;
@@ -222,6 +223,10 @@ private static void getJSPMappings(ServletContext servletContext, String dir) {
             if(dir.endsWith(SEPARATOR)){
                 Collection<String> resourcePaths = servletContext.getResourcePaths(dir);
                 for (String path : resourcePaths) {
+                    String entry = StringUtils.removeStart(StringUtils.removeEnd(path, SEPARATOR), StringUtils.SEPARATOR);
+                    if (StringUtils.equalsAny(entry, "META-INF", "WEB-INF")) {
+                        continue;
+                    }
                     if(path.endsWith(SEPARATOR)) {
                         getJSPMappings(servletContext, path);
                     }
diff --git a/instrumentation-security/jetty-9/src/main/java/com/newrelic/agent/security/instrumentation/jetty9/HttpServletHelper.java b/instrumentation-security/jetty-9/src/main/java/com/newrelic/agent/security/instrumentation/jetty9/HttpServletHelper.java
index 07b87e142..fc7db6108 100644
--- a/instrumentation-security/jetty-9/src/main/java/com/newrelic/agent/security/instrumentation/jetty9/HttpServletHelper.java
+++ b/instrumentation-security/jetty-9/src/main/java/com/newrelic/agent/security/instrumentation/jetty9/HttpServletHelper.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.schema.ApplicationURLMapping;
 import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.schema.HttpRequest;
 import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.schema.SecurityMetaData;
+import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.schema.StringUtils;
 import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.schema.exceptions.NewRelicSecurityException;
 import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.schema.operation.RXSSOperation;
 import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.schema.policy.AgentPolicy;
@@ -224,6 +225,10 @@ private static void getJSPMappings(ServletContext servletContext, String dir) {
             if(dir.endsWith(SEPARATOR)){
                 Collection<String> resourcePaths = servletContext.getResourcePaths(dir);
                 for (String path : resourcePaths) {
+                    String entry = StringUtils.removeStart(StringUtils.removeEnd(path, SEPARATOR), StringUtils.SEPARATOR);
+                    if (StringUtils.equalsAny(entry, "META-INF", "WEB-INF")) {
+                        continue;
+                    }
                     if(path.endsWith(SEPARATOR)) {
                         getJSPMappings(servletContext, path);
                     }
diff --git a/instrumentation-security/servlet-2.4/src/main/java/com/newrelic/agent/security/instrumentation/servlet24/HttpServletHelper.java b/instrumentation-security/servlet-2.4/src/main/java/com/newrelic/agent/security/instrumentation/servlet24/HttpServletHelper.java
index aa6ceacd9..272fe95d2 100644
--- a/instrumentation-security/servlet-2.4/src/main/java/com/newrelic/agent/security/instrumentation/servlet24/HttpServletHelper.java
+++ b/instrumentation-security/servlet-2.4/src/main/java/com/newrelic/agent/security/instrumentation/servlet24/HttpServletHelper.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.schema.AgentMetaData;
 import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.schema.ApplicationURLMapping;
 import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.schema.HttpRequest;
+import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.schema.StringUtils;
 import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.schema.policy.AgentPolicy;
 import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.utils.logging.LogLevel;
 
@@ -13,7 +14,6 @@
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Enumeration;
-import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 public class HttpServletHelper {
@@ -142,6 +142,10 @@ public static void getJSPMappings(ServletContext servletContext, String dir) {
             if(dir.endsWith(SEPARATOR)){
                 Collection<String> resourcePaths = servletContext.getResourcePaths(dir);
                 for (String path : resourcePaths) {
+                    String entry = StringUtils.removeStart(StringUtils.removeEnd(path, SEPARATOR), StringUtils.SEPARATOR);
+                    if ( StringUtils.equalsAny(entry, "META-INF", "WEB-INF")) {
+                        continue;
+                    }
                     if(path.endsWith(SEPARATOR)) {
                         getJSPMappings(servletContext, path);
                     }
diff --git a/instrumentation-security/servlet-3.0/src/main/java/com/newrelic/agent/security/instrumentation/servlet30/HttpServletHelper.java b/instrumentation-security/servlet-3.0/src/main/java/com/newrelic/agent/security/instrumentation/servlet30/HttpServletHelper.java
index 5084a7634..69fce5348 100644
--- a/instrumentation-security/servlet-3.0/src/main/java/com/newrelic/agent/security/instrumentation/servlet30/HttpServletHelper.java
+++ b/instrumentation-security/servlet-3.0/src/main/java/com/newrelic/agent/security/instrumentation/servlet30/HttpServletHelper.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.instrumentation.helpers.GenericHelper;
 import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.instrumentation.helpers.URLMappingsHelper;
 import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.schema.ApplicationURLMapping;
+import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.schema.StringUtils;
 import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.utils.logging.LogLevel;
 
 import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
@@ -36,6 +37,10 @@ public static void getJSPMappings(ServletContext servletContext, String dir) {
             if(dir.endsWith(SEPARATOR)){
                 Collection<String> resourcePaths = servletContext.getResourcePaths(dir);
                 for (String path : resourcePaths) {
+                    String entry = StringUtils.removeStart(StringUtils.removeEnd(path, SEPARATOR), StringUtils.SEPARATOR);
+                    if ( StringUtils.equalsAny(entry, "META-INF", "WEB-INF")) {
+                        continue;
+                    }
                     if(path.endsWith(SEPARATOR)) {
                         getJSPMappings(servletContext, path);
                     }
diff --git a/instrumentation-security/servlet-5.0/src/main/java/com/newrelic/agent/security/instrumentation/servlet5/HttpServletHelper.java b/instrumentation-security/servlet-5.0/src/main/java/com/newrelic/agent/security/instrumentation/servlet5/HttpServletHelper.java
index 24c53074c..b87171180 100644
--- a/instrumentation-security/servlet-5.0/src/main/java/com/newrelic/agent/security/instrumentation/servlet5/HttpServletHelper.java
+++ b/instrumentation-security/servlet-5.0/src/main/java/com/newrelic/agent/security/instrumentation/servlet5/HttpServletHelper.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.schema.AgentMetaData;
 import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.schema.ApplicationURLMapping;
 import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.schema.HttpRequest;
+import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.schema.StringUtils;
 import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.schema.policy.AgentPolicy;
 import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.utils.logging.LogLevel;
 import jakarta.servlet.ServletContext;
@@ -142,6 +143,10 @@ public static void getJSPMappings(ServletContext servletContext, String dir) {
             if(dir.endsWith(SEPARATOR)){
                 Collection<String> resourcePaths = servletContext.getResourcePaths(dir);
                 for (String path : resourcePaths) {
+                    String entry = StringUtils.removeStart(StringUtils.removeEnd(path, SEPARATOR), StringUtils.SEPARATOR);
+                    if ( StringUtils.equalsAny(entry, "META-INF", "WEB-INF")) {
+                        continue;
+                    }
                     if(path.endsWith(SEPARATOR)) {
                         getJSPMappings(servletContext, path);
                     }
diff --git a/instrumentation-security/servlet-6.0/src/main/java/com/newrelic/agent/security/instrumentation/servlet6/HttpServletHelper.java b/instrumentation-security/servlet-6.0/src/main/java/com/newrelic/agent/security/instrumentation/servlet6/HttpServletHelper.java
index 847d8e440..9f198294e 100644
--- a/instrumentation-security/servlet-6.0/src/main/java/com/newrelic/agent/security/instrumentation/servlet6/HttpServletHelper.java
+++ b/instrumentation-security/servlet-6.0/src/main/java/com/newrelic/agent/security/instrumentation/servlet6/HttpServletHelper.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.schema.AgentMetaData;
 import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.schema.ApplicationURLMapping;
 import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.schema.HttpRequest;
+import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.schema.StringUtils;
 import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.schema.policy.AgentPolicy;
 import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.utils.logging.LogLevel;
 import jakarta.servlet.ServletContext;
@@ -142,6 +143,10 @@ public static void getJSPMappings(ServletContext servletContext, String dir) {
             if(dir.endsWith(SEPARATOR)){
                 Collection<String> resourcePaths = servletContext.getResourcePaths(dir);
                 for (String path : resourcePaths) {
+                    String entry = StringUtils.removeStart(StringUtils.removeEnd(path, SEPARATOR), StringUtils.SEPARATOR);
+                    if ( StringUtils.equalsAny(entry, "META-INF", "WEB-INF")) {
+                        continue;
+                    }
                     if(path.endsWith(SEPARATOR)) {
                         getJSPMappings(servletContext, path);
                     }
diff --git a/newrelic-security-api/src/main/java/com/newrelic/api/agent/security/schema/StringUtils.java b/newrelic-security-api/src/main/java/com/newrelic/api/agent/security/schema/StringUtils.java
index e9f8e89b3..cd35ce8d9 100644
--- a/newrelic-security-api/src/main/java/com/newrelic/api/agent/security/schema/StringUtils.java
+++ b/newrelic-security-api/src/main/java/com/newrelic/api/agent/security/schema/StringUtils.java
@@ -1381,5 +1381,68 @@ public static boolean endsWithAny(final CharSequence sequence, final CharSequenc
         return false;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Removes a char only if it is at the beginning of a source string,
+     * otherwise returns the source string.
+     *
+     * <p>A {@code null} source string will return {@code null}.
+     * An empty ("") source string will return the empty string.
+     * A {@code null} search char will return the source string.</p>
+     *
+     * <pre>
+     * StringUtils.removeStart(null, *)      = null
+     * StringUtils.removeStart("", *)        = ""
+     * StringUtils.removeStart(*, null)      = *
+     * StringUtils.removeStart("/path", '/') = "path"
+     * StringUtils.removeStart("path", '/')  = "path"
+     * StringUtils.removeStart("path", 0)    = "path"
+     * </pre>
+     *
+     * @param str  the source String to search, may be null.
+     * @param remove  the char to search for and remove.
+     * @return the substring with the char removed if found,
+     *  {@code null} if null String input.
+     * @since 3.13.0
+     */
+    public static String removeStart(final String str, final char remove) {
+        if (isEmpty(str)) {
+            return str;
+        }
+        return str.charAt(0) == remove ? str.substring(1) : str;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Removes a substring only if it is at the beginning of a source string,
+     * otherwise returns the source string.
+     *
+     * <p>A {@code null} source string will return {@code null}.
+     * An empty ("") source string will return the empty string.
+     * A {@code null} search string will return the source string.</p>
+     *
+     * <pre>
+     * StringUtils.removeStart(null, *)      = null
+     * StringUtils.removeStart("", *)        = ""
+     * StringUtils.removeStart(*, null)      = *
+     * StringUtils.removeStart("www.domain.com", "www.")   = "domain.com"
+     * StringUtils.removeStart("domain.com", "www.")       = "domain.com"
+     * StringUtils.removeStart("www.domain.com", "domain") = "www.domain.com"
+     * StringUtils.removeStart("abc", "")    = "abc"
+     * </pre>
+     *
+     * @param str  the source String to search, may be null
+     * @param remove  the String to search for and remove, may be null
+     * @return the substring with the string removed if found,
+     *  {@code null} if null String input
+     * @since 2.1
+     */
+    public static String removeStart(final String str, final String remove) {
+        if (isEmpty(str) || isEmpty(remove)) {
+            return str;
+        }
+        if (str.startsWith(remove)) {
+            return str.substring(remove.length());
+        }
+        return str;
+    }
 
 }