FedRAMP Moderate
SC - System and Communications Protection

FedRAMP Moderate SC-7(18): Boundary Protection | Fail Secure (SC-7(18))

Boundary Protection | Fail Secure. Prevent systems from entering unsecure states in the event of an operational failure of a boundary protection device

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

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 12 controls across 5 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

ISO 27001:2022 · 4 controls

  • 5.29 Information security during disruption
  • 8.14 Redundancy of information processing facilities
  • 8.20 Networks security
  • 8.22 Segregation of networks

ISO 27002:2022 · 4 controls

  • 5.29 Information security during disruption
  • 8.14 Redundancy of information processing facilities
  • 8.20 Networks security
  • 8.22 Segregation of networks

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 2 controls

  • SC-7(18) SC-7(18) Boundary Protection | Fail Secure

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.

Other controls in SC - System and Communications Protection

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

FedRAMP Moderate SC-7(18) is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of FedRAMP Moderate your existing evidence covers. Hold ISO 27002:2022 and 182 of 323 FedRAMP Moderate 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. 348 were rejected on the ISO 27002:2022 pair alone.

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