NET-06.5: Direct Internet Access Restrictions

There is no evidence of a capability to prohibit, or strictly-control, Internet access from sensitive/regulated data enclaves (secure zones).

C|P-CMM1 is N/A, since a structured process is required to prohibit, or strictly-control, Internet access from sensitive/regulated data enclaves (secure zones).

C|P-CMM2 is N/A, since a well-defined process is required to prohibit, or strictly-control, Internet access from sensitive/regulated data enclaves (secure zones).

Network Security (NET) efforts are standardized across the organization and centrally managed, where technically feasible, to ensure consistency. CMM Level 3 control maturity would reasonably expect all, or at least most, the following criteria to exist:

• A Technology Infrastructure team, or similar function, defines centrally-managed network security controls for implementation across the enterprise.
• Secure engineering principles are used to design and implement network security controls (e.g., industry-recognized secure practices) to enforce the concepts of least privilege and least functionality at the network level.
• IT/cybersecurity architects work with the Technology Infrastructure team to implement a “layered defense” network architecture that provides a defense-in-depth approach for redundancy and risk reduction for network-based security controls, including wired and wireless networking.
• Administrative processes and technologies configure boundary devices (e.g., firewalls, routers, etc.) to deny network traffic by default and allow network traffic by exception (e.g., deny all, permit by exception).
• Technologies automate the Access Control Lists (ACLs) and similar rulesets review process to identify security issues and/ or misconfigurations.
• Network segmentation exists to implement separate network addresses (e.g., different subnets) to connect systems in different security domains (e.g., sensitive/regulated data environments).

See C|P-CMM3. There are no defined C|P-CMM4 criteria, since it is reasonable to assume a quantitatively-controlled process is not necessary to prohibit, or strictly-control, Internet access from sensitive/regulated data enclaves (secure zones).

See C|P-CMM4. There are no defined C|P-CMM5 criteria, since it is reasonable to assume a continuously-improving process is not necessary to prohibit, or strictly-control, Internet access from sensitive/regulated data enclaves (secure zones).