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SC-7(11) BOUNDARY PROTECTION  |  RESTRICT INCOMING COMMUNICATIONS TRAFFIC

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sc-7(11)

boundary protection  | restrict incoming communications traffic

 

assessment objective:

Determine if:

sc-7(11)[1]

the organization defines internal communications traffic to be routed to external networks;

sc-7(11)[2]

the organization defines authorized destinations only to which that incoming communications from organization-defined authorized sources may be routed; and

sc-7(11)[3]

the information system only allows incoming communications from organization-defined authorized sources to be routed to organization-defined authorized destinations.

potential assessment methods and objects:

Examine: [select from: System and communications protection policy; procedures addressing boundary protection; information system design documentation; information system configuration settings and associated documentation; information system audit records; other relevant documents or records].

Interview: [select from: System/network administrators; organizational personnel with information security responsibilities; system developer; organizational personnel with boundary protection responsibilities].

Test: [select from: Automated mechanisms implementing boundary protection capabilities with respect to source/destination address pairs].

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