03.01.12 Remote Access
Establish usage restrictions, configuration requirements, and authorize remote access; route remote access via managed access control points; permit only approved remote execution of privileged commands.
Source: NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3, 03.01.12. The statement above is our statement of the clause, read from the published text and cited so you can check it against the official text, not the instrument verbatim. Open NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 in the compliance library.
These are the artefacts auditors commonly ask for on this requirement, our guidance rather than text from the standard. Your assessor decides what is sufficient in your context, and asks for samples across the period when a report covers one.
system holds itEvidence a system already holds
- VPN configuration · Cloud console / configuration management
- MFA enforcement evidence · Identity provider / directory
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
- Remote access authorization records · Document repository
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- ZTNA policy · Policy repository / GRC workspace
First move
Common gaps auditors find
- split tunneling enabled
- no MFA on VPN
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