AWS Well-Architected Security Pillar
Infrastructure Protection

AWS Well-Architected Security Pillar SEC05-BP04: Automate network protection

Manage network controls as code through CloudFormation, Terraform and Firewall Manager so policies deploy consistently and drift is detected automatically.

Maintained by Gerard BlokdykVerified against the published standard Control text last updated

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This control maps to 32 controls across 14 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 4 controls

  • ASBv3-GS-4 Define and implement network security strategy
  • ASBv3-NS-7 Simplify network security configuration
  • PV-2 Audit and enforce secure configurations

CIS Controls v8 · 3 controls

  • CIS-12.3 Securely Manage Network Infrastructure
  • CIS-12.4 Establish and Maintain Architecture Diagram(s)
  • CIS-4.2 Establish and Maintain a Secure Configuration Process for Network Infrastructure

PCI DSS 4.0 · 3 controls

  • 1.2.1 1.2.1 Ruleset configuration standards for NSCs
  • 1.2.2 1.2.2 Network connection and NSC changes under change control
  • 1.2.8 1.2.8 NSC configuration files secured and consistent

C5 (Germany) · 2 controls

CMMC 2.0 · 2 controls

FedRAMP High · 2 controls

  • CM-6(1) Automated Management, Application, and Verification
  • SC-7 Boundary Protection

FedRAMP Moderate · 2 controls

  • CM-6(1) Automated Management, Application, and Verification
  • SC-7 Boundary Protection

ISO 27001:2022 · 2 controls

  • 8.20 Networks security
  • 8.9 Configuration management

ISO 27002:2022 · 2 controls

  • 8.20 Networks security
  • 8.9 Configuration management

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 · 2 controls

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