FW.2 Change Default Firewall Passwords
Change all default administrative passwords on boundary firewalls to a non-guessable password, or disable remote admin access entirely.
3
artefacts
1
held by a system
1
at each review
moderate
to go live
Identity provider / directory
where the evidence lives
teal = a system already holds it · olive = produced at each review
system holds itEvidence a system already holds
- Config snapshot · Identity provider / directory
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
- Password change log/attestation · Identity provider / directory
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Admin account list · Policy repository / GRC workspace
First move
Start with the 1 of 3 artefacts that already live in a system (Identity provider / directory); keep the periodic reviews but log each one as a dated record with a named reviewer.
Common gaps auditors find
- consumer router admin/admin retained
- vendor default kept
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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