FW.6 Host-Based Firewall for Remote Workers
Where devices are used on untrusted networks (home, public Wi-Fi), the host-based software firewall must be enabled and configured.
3
artefacts
0
held by a system
1
at each review
hard
to go live
Policy repository / GRC workspace
where the evidence lives
teal = a system already holds it · olive = produced at each review
system holds itEvidence a system already holds
none for this control
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
- Sample screenshots · Cloud console / configuration management
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Endpoint firewall policy · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- MDM compliance report · Policy repository / GRC workspace
First move
This control is evidenced by people and documents, not systems. Put the document under version control with an owner and review date, and log each review as a record with reviewer and date. Do not try to automate it.
Common gaps auditors find
- Windows Defender Firewall disabled
- macOS firewall off
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.
Build my evidence sheetFW.5 Remove or Disable Unused Rules · FW.7 Restrict Firewall Administrative Interface from the Internet