Access Point
What is Access Point?
A physical location or network device where users connect to an organization's network, requiring security controls to prevent unauthorized access.
Terms that appear alongside access point
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as access point. The number is how many controls name both.
- authentication 5 shared controls
- encryption 3 shared controls
- rogue access point 3 shared controls
Frameworks that govern access point
What the standards actually require on access point
Requirements naming access point across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Wireless access points must have TKIP and WEP support either disabled or removed.
new-zealand-information-security-manual-nzism::18.2.17.C.01 · 18.2.17.C.01 Remove TKIP and WEP from access points →The entity keeps an up-to-date inventory of the wireless access points it has authorized, and each entry carries a documented business justification. Guidance (purpose): the inventory helps administrators respond quickly when rogue devices are detected.
11.2.2 · 11.2.2 Inventory of authorized wireless access points →Instead of deploying a small number of wireless access points that broadcast on high power, a greater number of wireless access points that use less broadcast power are deployed to achieve the desired footprint for wireless networks.
ISM-1338 · Low-power access point deployment →The organization identifies the system under consideration: the collection of IACS assets needed for a complete automation solution, its perimeter, and every access point to it, with the boundaries to other systems documented.
iec-62443::ZCR 1.1 · ZCR 1.1 Identify the SUC perimeter and access points →The bank puts in place controls securing wireless LANs, access points and wireless client access systems.
rbi-cybersecurity-framework-for-banks::72 · Para 72: secure wireless networks and access points →A site map must show at least: each production risk zone (any high-risk zone, any high-care zone, any ambient high-care zone, and the low-risk and enclosed product areas);
brcgs-global-standard-for-food-safety-issue-9::4.3.2 · 4.3.2 A site map defining risk zones, access points, movement routes, staff facilities and processes →Questions people ask about access point
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