FW.7 Restrict Firewall Administrative Interface from the Internet
Block internet access to the firewall administrative interface unless there is a clear documented business need, and where allowed protect it with multi-factor authentication or a restricted IP allow list combined with managed password authentication.
Source: UK Cyber Essentials, FW.7. 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 UK Cyber Essentials in the compliance library.
The version of the requirements is not stamped here; check the question set your certification body uses.
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
- Firewall management-interface configuration export · Cloud console / configuration management
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
- Documented business need and approval for any internet-facing admin access · Document repository
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- MFA enrolment evidence or IP allow list definition for the admin interface · Policy repository / GRC workspace
First move
Common gaps auditors find
- router or firewall web admin reachable from the internet with password only
- allow list too broad or never reviewed
- business need asserted verbally with no record
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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