Network Architecture
What is Network Architecture?
The design and structure of a computer network including topology, protocols, and components, with security considerations integrated throughout.
Terms that appear alongside network architecture
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as network architecture. The number is how many controls name both.
- authentication 6 shared controls
- network segmentation 5 shared controls
- risk assessment 4 shared controls
- access control 4 shared controls
- iec 62443 4 shared controls
- zero trust 3 shared controls
- nist 3 shared controls
- policy 3 shared controls
Frameworks that govern network architecture
What the standards actually require on network architecture
Requirements naming network architecture across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Set up and keep a secure network architecture that deals, as a minimum, with segmentation, least privilege and availability.
CIS-12.2 · Establish and Maintain a Secure Network Architecture →Establishes information security as an integral part of network architecture and design. In Edition 2023 the Baustein carries 36 requirement numbers, 36 of them live: 15 Basis requirements (B, MUSS, to be fulfilled first and without exception), 12 Standard req...
bsi-it-grundschutz::NET.1.1 · NET.1.1 Netzarchitektur und -design (Network Architecture and Design) →Design and keep up a secure network architecture that addresses, at least, segmentation, least privilege and availability. Implementation goes beyond documents to include policy and design components.
cis-controls-v8-1::12.2 · Establish and Maintain a Secure Network Architecture →Design ICS network architecture using defined zones, a demilitarised zone (DMZ) between the control network and the corporate/enterprise network, and VLAN segmentation to separate functions and contain compromise.
CISA-ICS-DID-24 · ICS Network Architecture →Identify high-risk environments and document them in the network architecture record.
CCM-IVS-08 · Network Architecture Documentation →Identify and record high-risk environments, judged by the sensitivity of their data, how exposed they are to threats and the business impact.
cloud-security-alliance-cloud-controls-matrix-ccm-v4-1::I&S-08 · Network Architecture Documentation →Questions people ask about network architecture
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