NIST SP 800-215 Guide to a Secure Enterprise Network Landscape
NIST's guide to securing the hybrid enterprise network: service identity, cloud access brokers, firewalls and integrated appliances, automation tool metrics, monitoring and provisioning as code, the five network configuration features for authentication and authorisation, microsegmentation and software-defined perimeters for zero trust network access, and secure SD-WAN, multi-cloud networking and converged security services.
NIST SP 800-215 Guide to a Secure Enterprise Network Landscape is a compliance framework from United States with 5 domains and 23 controls. The largest domains are Section 3: Network security appliances and automation tools – NIST SP 800-215 Guide to a Secure Enterprise Network Landscape (9 controls), Section 4: Network configurations for basic security functions – NIST SP 800-215 Guide to a Secure Enterprise Network Landscape (6 controls), Section 6: Secure wide area network infrastructure – NIST SP 800-215 Guide to a Secure Enterprise Network Landscape (4 controls). Every control below carries what it requires and what an assessor expects to see.
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Framework Domains (5)
Section 2: Traditional enterprise network access approaches and their limitations – NIST SP 800-215 Guide to a Secure Enterprise Network Landscape
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| nist-sp-800-215-guide-to-a-secure-enterprise-network-landscape::2.4 | Give services a portable cryptographic identity, abstracted from location and validated continuously |
Section 3: Network security appliances and automation tools – NIST SP 800-215 Guide to a Secure Enterprise Network Landscape
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| nist-sp-800-215-guide-to-a-secure-enterprise-network-landscape::3.1 | Broker cloud access to find shadow IT and enforce data, threat and configuration policy in the clouds used |
| nist-sp-800-215-guide-to-a-secure-enterprise-network-landscape::3.2 | Deploy firewalls with the feature set the landscape needs, at the edge, inside the data centre and on devices |
| nist-sp-800-215-guide-to-a-secure-enterprise-network-landscape::3.3 | Use integrated appliance sets where single-console convergence fits the need |
| nist-sp-800-215-guide-to-a-secure-enterprise-network-landscape::3.4.1 | Monitor the whole network for visibility, configuration drift and incident response feeds |
| nist-sp-800-215-guide-to-a-secure-enterprise-network-landscape::3.4.2 | Provision network infrastructure as code through audited pipelines, test it and correct drift |
| nist-sp-800-215-guide-to-a-secure-enterprise-network-landscape::NSAT-HLM-1 | Automation tools scale to DevSecOps volume and integrate into CI/CD pipelines |
| nist-sp-800-215-guide-to-a-secure-enterprise-network-landscape::NSAT-HLM-2 | Automation tools minimise human intervention in security remediation |
| nist-sp-800-215-guide-to-a-secure-enterprise-network-landscape::NSAT-HLM-3 | Automation tools provide advanced threat intelligence, real-time prevention and sandboxing |
| nist-sp-800-215-guide-to-a-secure-enterprise-network-landscape::NSAT-HLM-4 | Automation tools match current events to past ones and reuse their remediation |
Section 4: Network configurations for basic security functions – NIST SP 800-215 Guide to a Secure Enterprise Network Landscape
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| nist-sp-800-215-guide-to-a-secure-enterprise-network-landscape::4.1 | Verify identity with phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication and decide access on risk-based contextual information |
| nist-sp-800-215-guide-to-a-secure-enterprise-network-landscape::HAE-NCF-1 | Manage and secure every endpoint through unified endpoint management |
| nist-sp-800-215-guide-to-a-secure-enterprise-network-landscape::HAE-NCF-2 | Route all user access through an enterprise-managed identity provider with phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication |
| nist-sp-800-215-guide-to-a-secure-enterprise-network-landscape::HAE-NCF-3 | Authenticate devices by certificate and check their health and environment |
| nist-sp-800-215-guide-to-a-secure-enterprise-network-landscape::HAE-NCF-4 | Issue access tokens to validated users, devices and services through standard protocols |
| nist-sp-800-215-guide-to-a-secure-enterprise-network-landscape::HAE-NCF-5 | Give microservices networks service discovery, encryption, authentication, load balancing, observability and canary rollouts |
Section 5: Enterprise-wide network security framework, zero trust network access – NIST SP 800-215 Guide to a Secure Enterprise Network Landscape
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| nist-sp-800-215-guide-to-a-secure-enterprise-network-landscape::5.1.1 | Meet the prerequisites for microsegmentation: application identity, trust, discovery, grouping and mapping |
| nist-sp-800-215-guide-to-a-secure-enterprise-network-landscape::5.1.2 | Implement microsegmentation with an approach that fits the environment, preferring identity-based policies |
| nist-sp-800-215-guide-to-a-secure-enterprise-network-landscape::5.2 | Apply software-defined perimeter principles: hide resources until authorised, re-evaluate continuously, prevent lateral movement |
Section 6: Secure wide area network infrastructure – NIST SP 800-215 Guide to a Secure Enterprise Network Landscape
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| nist-sp-800-215-guide-to-a-secure-enterprise-network-landscape::6.1 | Require secure SD-WAN to connect anywhere to anywhere with application awareness, integrated security and central management |
| nist-sp-800-215-guide-to-a-secure-enterprise-network-landscape::6.2 | Extend enterprise network and security policy into cloud provider networks through VPN or SD-WAN integration |
| nist-sp-800-215-guide-to-a-secure-enterprise-network-landscape::6.2b | Adopt a multi-cloud networking platform with common visibility, common ingress and egress policy, end-to-end encryption and automation |
| nist-sp-800-215-guide-to-a-secure-enterprise-network-landscape::6.3 | Converge networking and security as a cloud-delivered service where edges connect through points of presence |
What is NIST SP 800-215 Guide to a Secure Enterprise Network Landscape and who does it apply to?
NIST SP 800-215 Guide to a Secure Enterprise Network Landscape is a compliance framework from United States with 5 domains and 23 controls. NIST's guide to securing the hybrid enterprise network: service identity, cloud access brokers, firewalls and integrated appliances, automation tool metrics, monitoring and provisioning as code, the five network configuration features for authentication and authorisation, microsegmentation and software-defined perimeters for zero trust network access, and secure SD-WAN, multi-cloud networking and converged security services. It is used by organisations to establish and maintain compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
What does NIST SP 800-215 Guide to a Secure Enterprise Network Landscape actually require?
NIST SP 800-215 Guide to a Secure Enterprise Network Landscape has 23 controls organised across 5 domains. The largest domains are Section 3: Network security appliances and automation tools – NIST SP 800-215 Guide to a Secure Enterprise Network Landscape (9 controls), Section 4: Network configurations for basic security functions – NIST SP 800-215 Guide to a Secure Enterprise Network Landscape (6 controls), Section 6: Secure wide area network infrastructure – NIST SP 800-215 Guide to a Secure Enterprise Network Landscape (4 controls). Each control defines specific requirements that organisations must implement to achieve compliance.
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