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💼 SC-7(4) External Telecommunications Services (M)(H)

  • Contextual name: 💼 SC-7(4) External Telecommunications Services (M)(H)
  • ID: /frameworks/fedramp-high-security-controls/sc/07/04
  • Located in: 💼 SC-7 Boundary Protection (L)(M)(H)

Description​

(a) Implement a managed interface for each external telecommunication service;

(b) Establish a traffic flow policy for each managed interface;

(c) Protect the confidentiality and integrity of the information being transmitted across each interface;

(d) Document each exception to the traffic flow policy with a supporting mission or business need and duration of that need;

(e) Review exceptions to the traffic flow policy [FedRAMP Assignment: at least every one hundred and eighty (180) days or whenever there is a change in the threat environment that warrants a review of the exceptions] and remove exceptions that are no longer supported by an explicit mission or business need;

(f) Prevent unauthorized exchange of control plane traffic with external networks;

(g) Publish information to enable remote networks to detect unauthorized control plane traffic from internal networks; and

(h) Filter unauthorized control plane traffic from external networks.

Similar​

  • Sections
    • /frameworks/nist-sp-800-53-r5/sc/07/04
  • Internal
    • ID: dec-c-daae8c98

Similar Sections (Take Policies From)​

SectionSub SectionsInternal RulesPoliciesFlags
💼 NIST SP 800-53 Revision 5 → 💼 SC-7(4) Boundary Protection _ External Telecommunications Services17

Similar Sections (Give Policies To)​

SectionSub SectionsInternal RulesPoliciesFlags
💼 FedRAMP Moderate Security Controls → 💼 SC-7(4) External Telecommunications Services (M)(H)17

Sub Sections​

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Policies (17)​

PolicyLogic CountFlags
📝 AWS API Gateway REST API Stage is not configured to use an SSL certificate for authentication 🟢1🟢 x6
📝 AWS EC2 Default Security Group does not restrict all traffic 🟢1🟢 x6
📝 AWS EC2 Security Group allows public IPv4 (0.0.0.0/0) access to admin ports 🟢1🟢 x6
📝 AWS EC2 Security Group allows public IPv6 (::/0) access to admin ports 🟢1🟢 x6
📝 AWS EC2 Security Group allows unrestricted CIFS traffic 🟢1🟢 x6
📝 AWS EC2 Security Group allows unrestricted FTP traffic 🟢1🟢 x6
📝 AWS EC2 Security Group allows unrestricted RPC traffic 🟢1🟢 x6
📝 AWS EC2 Security Group allows unrestricted SMTP traffic 🟢1🟢 x6
📝 AWS EC2 Security Group allows unrestricted traffic to MSSQL 🟢1🟢 x6
📝 AWS EC2 Security Group allows unrestricted traffic to MySQL 🟢1🟢 x6
📝 AWS EC2 Security Group allows unrestricted traffic to PostgreSQL 🟢1🟢 x6
📝 AWS EC2 Security Group allows unrestricted Telnet traffic 🟢1🟢 x6
📝 AWS RDS Instance is publicly accessible and in an unrestricted public subnet 🟢1🟢 x6
📝 AWS RDS Instance uses default endpoint port 🟢1🟢 x6
📝 AWS RDS Snapshot is publicly accessible 🟢1🟢 x6
📝 AWS S3 Bucket is not configured to block public access 🟢1🟢 x6
📝 AWS S3 Bucket Policy is not set to deny HTTP requests 🟢1🟢 x6