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Bastion Host

What is Bastion Host?

A specially hardened computer on a network designed to withstand attacks and serve as a single point of entry to internal resources. Bastion hosts are typically placed in a DMZ and run minimal services.

Information Security

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as bastion host. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on bastion host

Requirements naming bastion host across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

ISMAP (Japan)1 control

ISMAP Cloud Infrastructure controls cover the underlying compute + network + storage + management plane. (1) Virtual Network Segmentation: VPC Virtual Private Cloud isolation + subnets + security groups + NACLs + microsegmentation + service mesh (Istio + Linke...

ISMAP-CloudInfrastructure-NetworkSegmentation-Container-Serverless-WorkloadProtection-Hardening-ConfigManagement · ISMAP Cloud Infrastructure - VPC Network Segmentation + Container/Serverless Security + Cloud Workload Protection (CWPP) + Image/Template Hardening + CIS Benchmarks + Configuration Management + IaC
MARS-E1 control

Implement NIST 800-53 AC Access Control family + IA Identification and Authentication family per MARS-E v2.0 catalog. NIST 800-63-3 Identity Assurance Level 2 (IAL2) + Authenticator Assurance Level 2 (AAL2) + Federation Assurance Level 2 (FAL2) for Exchange co...

MARS-E-Access-Control-Identity-Authentication-NIST-800-63-Identity-Assurance-Levels-MFA-AC-IA-Families · MARS-E Access Control + Identity + Authentication + NIST 800-63 + MFA + AC + IA Families

Implement Operations Security + Physical/Environmental Security + Communications and Network Security per MTCS SS 584. Operations Security (ISO 27001 Annex A.12 alignment) - documented operating procedures + capacity management + separation of dev/test/prod +...

MTCS-Operations-Physical-Network-Tier-III-Data-Centre-Hardening-Patching-Network-Segmentation-DDoS · MTCS Operations + Physical + Network + Tier III Data Centre + Hardening + Patching + Segmentation + DDoS

Implement Access Control + Cryptography + Network and Infrastructure Security per MAS TRM Chapters 9 + 10. Chapter 9 Access Control + Cryptography - access control policy + user identification + authentication (Multi-Factor Authentication MFA required for priv...

MAS-TRM-Access-Cryptography-Network-Security-Chapters-9-10-MFA-PKI-Encryption-Network-Segmentation · MAS TRM Access Control + Cryptography + Network + Chapters 9-10 + MFA + PKI + Encryption + Network Segmentation

Apply Section 6.3 network security including: network segmentation per NIST SP 800-207 Zero Trust + microsegmentation + DMZ + jump servers + bastion hosts + perimeter firewalls + host-based firewalls + IDS/IPS + DDoS protection + DNS security (DNSSEC + DoH) +...

NISTSP123-6 · Network Security and Server Communications

Apply Section 7.3 identity and access in cloud including: federated identity (SAML 2.0 + OAuth 2.0 + OIDC + WS-Federation) with IdP (Azure AD + Okta + Auth0 + Ping + ForgeRock + AWS IAM Identity Center) + MFA (FIDO2 + WebAuthn + TOTP + biometric) + Single Sign...

NISTSP144-5 · Identity and Access in Cloud, Federation, and Privileged Access

Questions people ask about bastion host

What is Bastion Host?
A specially hardened computer on a network designed to withstand attacks and serve as a single point of entry to internal resources. Bastion hosts are typically placed in a DMZ and run minimal services.
Why is Bastion Host important for compliance?
Bastion Host is a key concept in Information Security. Understanding bastion host helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Bastion Host?
Bastion Host appears in the requirement text of ISMAP (Japan), MARS-E, MTCS (Singapore), Monetary Authority of Singapore Technology Risk Management Guidelines, NIST SP 800-123. Across these standards we have identified 6 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Bastion Host?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how bastion host applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

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Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.