Perimeter Security
What is Perimeter Security?
Security measures deployed at the boundary between an organization's internal network and external networks to control access and filter threats.
Terms that appear alongside perimeter security
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as perimeter security. The number is how many controls name both.
- access control 4 shared controls
- security controls 2 shared controls
- firewall 2 shared controls
Frameworks that govern perimeter security
What the standards actually require on perimeter security
Requirements naming perimeter security across 2 standards, quoted from the control text.
Implement layered security architecture: perimeter security, firewalls between zones, unidirectional gateways/diodes where appropriate, access and authentication controls, and restrictions on bring-your-own-device.
CISA-ICS-DID-25 · Security Architecture (Perimeter, Firewalls, Diodes, Access) →Security perimeters are defined and used to protect areas holding sensitive or critical information and processing facilities. As an Annex A reference control it is compared with the controls chosen in risk treatment (6.1.3 c) and recorded in the Statement of...
iso-27001-2013::A.11.1.1 · Physical security perimeter →Questions people ask about perimeter security
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