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Azure Security Benchmark ASBv3-NS-6: Deploy web application firewall

Deploy a web application firewall in front of web applications and APIs and configure rules appropriate to the application-layer attacks those endpoints face.

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This control maps to 24 controls across 15 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

FedRAMP High · 3 controls

  • SC-7 Boundary Protection
  • SC-7(12) Boundary Protection | Host-based Protection (SC-7(12))
  • SC-7(8) Route Traffic to Authenticated Proxy Servers

FedRAMP Moderate · 3 controls

  • SC-7 Boundary Protection
  • SC-7(12) Boundary Protection | Host-based Protection (SC-7(12))
  • SC-7(8) Route Traffic to Authenticated Proxy Servers

CMMC 2.0 · 2 controls

ISO 27002:2022 · 2 controls

  • 8.20 Networks security
  • 8.26 Application security requirements

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 2 controls

PCI DSS 4.0 · 2 controls

  • 1.4.2 1.4.2 Restricting traffic entering trusted networks from outside
  • 6.4.2 6.4.2 Automated web attack detection and prevention
  • ANSSI-HYG-23 Partition Internet Facing Services from the Rest of the Information System

CIS Controls v8 · 1 control

  • CIS-13.10 Perform Application Layer Filtering

ISO 27001:2022 · 1 control

  • 8.26 Application security requirements

ISO 27701:2019 · 1 control

  • 6.11.1 Security requirements of information systems
  • NIST-CSF-PR.IR-01 Networks and environments are protected from unauthorized logical access and usage

SOC 2 · 1 control

  • SOC2-CC6.6 CC6.6 Protection against threats from outside the system boundary

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