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Gateway

What is Gateway?

A network point that serves as an entrance to another network, often implementing security controls such as firewalls and proxy services.

Information Security

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

What the standards actually require on gateway

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

Files imported or exported via gateways or CDSs undergo content filtering checks.

ISM-0659 · Files imported or exported via gateways or CDSs undergo content filtering checks.
NIST SP 800-2075 controls

Splits the policy enforcement point between a device-installed agent and a resource-side gateway that connect only after the policy administrator approves the session.

SP800-207-DEP-AGENT · Device Agent/Gateway-Based Deployment

Article 25 establishes the Safety Gate Rapid Alert System (the successor to RAPEX) operated by the Commission as a network for the rapid exchange of information between Member State market surveillance authorities + the Commission + the EEA EFTA states on dang...

GPSR-Art.25_26_27 · Safety Gate Rapid Alert System, Safety Business Gateway and dangerous-product notification (Articles 25-27)

Secure IoT gateways as critical aggregation points with hardening, monitoring and access control.

27400-7.2 · Gateway Security

Before construction work begins on a higher risk building project the Building Safety Regulator must give Building Control approval at Gateway 2, confirming the design meets Building Regulations.

BSA-G2 · Gateway 2 Building Control Approval Before Construction

Route outbound internet access through a secure gateway that filters and logs the traffic.

ANSSI-HYG-22 · Put in Place a Secure Internet Access Gateway

Questions people ask about gateway

What is Gateway?
A network point that serves as an entrance to another network, often implementing security controls such as firewalls and proxy services.
Why is Gateway important for compliance?
Gateway is a key concept in Information Security. Understanding gateway 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 Gateway?
Gateway appears in the requirement text of Australian Information Security Manual, NIST SP 800-207, EU General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR, Regulation 2023/988), ISO/IEC 27400:2022, UK Building Safety Act 2022. Across these standards we have identified 50 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Gateway?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how gateway 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.

See how Gateway applies across compliance frameworks

Our platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings. Explore how this concept is addressed across standards.

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