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💼 SC-7(4) Boundary Protection | External Telecommunications Services

  • Contextual name: 💼 SC-7(4) Boundary Protection | External Telecommunications Services
  • ID: /frameworks/nist-sp-800-53-r5/sc/07/04
  • Located in: 💼 SC-7 Boundary Protection

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 [Assignment: organization-defined frequency] 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.

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