Jump Server
What is Jump Server?
A hardened intermediary server used to access and manage devices in a separate security zone, enforcing access control and audit logging.
Terms that appear alongside jump server
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as jump server. The number is how many controls name both.
- remote access 3 shared controls
- nist 3 shared controls
- access control 3 shared controls
- role based access control 2 shared controls
- bastion host 2 shared controls
- privileged access management pam 2 shared controls
- least privilege 2 shared controls
- role based access control rbac 2 shared controls
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What the standards actually require on jump server
Requirements naming jump server across 5 standards, quoted from the control text.
Administrative activities are conducted through jump servers. Required at Maturity Levels Two and Three of the Restrict administrative privileges mitigation strategy (Appendices B and C);
acsc-essential-eight::E8-ADMIN-ISM-1387 · Restrict administrative privileges (ISM-1387): Administrative activities are conducted through jump servers →The report clearly defines the assessment boundary: the system versions and environments assessed (production, pre-production, test, development), the classification of the data, the components and the people, processes, technologies and facilities the system...
australia-irap-information-security-registered-assessors-program::IRAP-AR-0018 · IRAP-AR-0018 Define the assessment boundary in the report →NSS-17 + NSS-42-G require comprehensive access control aligned with CSL: unique user identification + no shared accounts where feasible (emergency shared accounts logged + reviewed);
IAEA-NSS17-AccessControl-OT-IT-Authentication-Authorization · IAEA NSS-17 - Access Control + Authentication + Authorization + IAM + Privileged Access for OT and IT →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 →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 →Questions people ask about jump server
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