NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3
03.13 SC (System and Communications Protection)

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 03.13.06: Network Communications - Deny by Default - Allow by Exception

Deny network communications traffic by default and allow network communications traffic by exception.

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

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 32 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.

UK Cyber Essentials · 4 controls

  • CE-FW.1 Boundary Firewalls Deployed
  • CE-FW.3 Block Unauthenticated Inbound Connections
  • CE-FW.4 Approve and Document Inbound Rules
  • CE-FW.5 Remove or Disable Unused Rules
  • ASD37-22 Network segmentation (Excellent)
  • ASD37-25 Software firewall - inbound (Very Good)
  • ASD37-26 Software firewall - outbound (Very Good)
  • NS-1 Establish network segmentation boundaries
  • NS-2 Secure cloud services with network controls
  • NS-3 Deploy firewall at the edge of enterprise network

ISO 27001:2022 · 3 controls

  • 8.20 Networks security
  • 8.21 Security of network services
  • 8.22 Segregation of networks
  • SEC03-BP05 Define permission guardrails for your organization
  • SEC05-BP02 Control traffic flow within your network layers

CIS Controls v8 · 2 controls

  • CIS-4.4 Implement and Manage a Firewall on Servers
  • CIS-4.5 Implement and Manage a Firewall on End-User Devices

PCI DSS 4.0 · 2 controls

  • 1.3.1 1.3.1 Inbound CDE traffic restricted
  • 1.3.2 1.3.2 Outbound CDE traffic restricted
  • E8-APP-ML1 Application Control (ML1)
  • ANSSI-HYG-17 Enable and Configure the Local Firewall on Workstations

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

CMMC 2.0 · 1 control

FedRAMP High · 1 control

  • SC-7(5) Deny by Default Allow by Exception

FedRAMP Moderate · 1 control

  • SC-7(5) Deny by Default Allow by Exception

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

  • 8.20 Networks security

ISO 27701:2019 · 1 control

  • 6.10.1 Network security management
  • NIST-CSF-PR.IR-01 Networks and environments are protected from unauthorized logical access and usage

NIST SP 800-172 · 1 control

  • 3.13.1e Create Diversity in System Components to Limit Malicious Code Propagation

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 03.13 SC (System and Communications Protection)

You are reading one control. How much of NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 have you already done?

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 03.13.06 is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 your existing evidence covers. Hold PCI DSS 4.0 and 69 of 97 NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 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. 0 were rejected on the PCI DSS 4.0 pair alone.

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