FedRAMP High
SC - System and Communications Protection

FedRAMP High SC-5: Denial-of-Service Protection

Protect against or limit effects of DoS attacks using FedRAMP-defined safeguards.

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

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 31 controls across 18 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

CIS Controls v8 · 4 controls

  • CIS-13.10 Perform Application Layer Filtering
  • CIS-13.4 Perform Traffic Filtering Between Network Segments
  • CIS-13.8 Deploy a Network Intrusion Prevention Solution
  • CIS-4.4 Implement and Manage a Firewall on Servers

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 4 controls

SOC 2 · 4 controls

  • SOC2-A1.1 A1.1 Managing processing capacity
  • SOC2-CC6.6 CC6.6 Protection against threats from outside the system boundary
  • SOC2-CC7.1 CC7.1 Detecting configuration changes and new vulnerabilities
  • SOC2-CC7.2 CC7.2 Monitoring system components for anomalies

PCI DSS 4.0 · 3 controls

  • 1.4.3 1.4.3 Anti-spoofing measures at trusted boundary
  • 11.5.1 11.5.1 IDS/IPS monitoring of CDE traffic
  • 12.1.3 12.1.3 Security roles defined and acknowledged by all personnel

C5 (Germany) · 2 controls

  • CPS230-20 Prevention, Adaptation and Return to Normal Operations
  • NS-5 Deploy DDOS protection
  • CFTC-SS-12 Capacity and Performance Planning Category

DORA · 1 control

ISO 27001:2022 · 1 control

  • 8.6 Capacity management

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

  • 8.6 Capacity management
  • SC-5 SC-5 Denial-of-service Protection
  • SC-5 SC-5 Denial-of-service Protection
  • SC-5 SC-5 Denial-of-service Protection

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.

Other controls in SC - System and Communications Protection

You are reading one control. How much of FedRAMP High have you already done?

FedRAMP High SC-5 is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of FedRAMP High your existing evidence covers. Hold C5 (Germany) and 119 of 410 FedRAMP High controls already carry evidence.

Each report names every control your existing framework evidences, every one it does not, the reasoning behind each claim, and the claims that were argued against and rejected. 6 were rejected on the C5 (Germany) pair alone.

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