C5 (Germany)
C5: Communication Security

C5 (Germany) C5-COS-05: Networks for administration

Run infrastructure administration and management consoles on networks held physically or logically apart from customer networks and reachable only with multi-factor authentication, and likewise separate the networks used to create or migrate virtual machines.

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

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 46 controls across 20 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

CMMC 2.0 · 4 controls

FedRAMP High · 4 controls

  • AC-17 Remote Access
  • AC-17(3) Managed Access Control Points
  • MA-4 Nonlocal Maintenance
  • SC-2 Separation of System and User Functionality

FedRAMP Moderate · 4 controls

  • AC-17 Remote Access
  • AC-17(3) Managed Access Control Points
  • MA-4 Nonlocal Maintenance
  • SC-2 Separation of System and User Functionality

UK Cyber Essentials · 4 controls

  • CE-AC.5 Separate Admin Accounts for Administrative Activities
  • CE-AC.7 MFA for Administrative Accounts
  • CE-FW.3 Block Unauthenticated Inbound Connections
  • CE-FW.7 Restrict Firewall Administrative Interface from the Internet

CIS Controls v8 · 3 controls

  • CIS-12.3 Securely Manage Network Infrastructure
  • CIS-12.8 Establish and Maintain Dedicated Computing Resources for All Administrative Work
  • CIS-4.6 Securely Manage Enterprise Assets and Software

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 · 3 controls

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 3 controls

  • ANSSI-HYG-27 Prohibit Internet Access from Administration Workstations and Servers
  • ANSSI-HYG-28 Use a Dedicated and Partitioned Network for Administration

ISO 27001:2022 · 2 controls

  • 8.2 Privileged access rights
  • 8.22 Segregation of networks

ISO 27002:2022 · 2 controls

  • 8.2 Privileged access rights
  • 8.22 Segregation of networks

NIST SP 800-161 Rev 1 · 2 controls

  • E8-MFA-ML2 Multi-Factor Authentication - Maturity Level 2

ISO 27017:2015 · 1 control

NIS2 Directive · 1 control

  • Art.21.2.j Multi-factor or continuous authentication, secured communications and secured emergency communications
  • NIST-CSF-PR.AA-05 Access permissions, entitlements, and authorizations are defined in a policy, managed, enforced, and reviewed, and incorporate the principles of least privilege and separation of duties

PCI DSS 4.0 · 1 control

  • 2.2.7 2.2.7 Non-console administrative access encrypted

SOC 2 · 1 control

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

Every mapping shown was judged rather than inferred from wording similarity, and the ones that failed review are published too. See the coverage reports and what was rejected.

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