FW.1 Boundary Firewalls Deployed
Every device in scope must be protected by a correctly configured firewall (or network device with firewall functionality) at the boundary of the internet connection.
3
artefacts
1
held by a system
0
at each review
moderate
to go live
Cloud console / configuration management
where the evidence lives
teal = a system already holds it · olive = produced at each review
system holds itEvidence a system already holds
- Rule base export · Cloud console / configuration management
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
none for this control
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Firewall device list · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Topology diagram showing boundary · Policy repository / GRC workspace
First move
Start with the 1 of 3 artefacts that already live in a system (Cloud console / configuration management); keep the periodic reviews but log each one as a dated record with a named reviewer.
Common gaps auditors find
- home workers without device firewall
- consumer routers with default config
Do this for your whole sheet
Paste the rows you run your controls from and get this mapping for every control at once, with the periodic-review ones flagged and a first move per row. No account for the first run.
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