Policy Enforcement
What is Policy Enforcement?
The mechanisms and processes for ensuring that organizational policies are followed and that violations are identified and addressed.
Terms that appear alongside policy enforcement
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as policy enforcement. The number is how many controls name both.
- policy 16 shared controls
- governance 2 shared controls
- gateway 2 shared controls
- isolation 2 shared controls
Frameworks that govern policy enforcement
What the standards actually require on policy enforcement
Requirements naming policy enforcement across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Implement hardware-enforced separation and policy enforcement mechanisms between [Assignment: organization-defined security domains].
NIST800-SC-49 · SC-49 Hardware-enforced Separation and Policy Enforcement →The organisation implements hardware-enforced separation and policy enforcement mechanisms between defined security domains. No enhancements.
canada-itsp-10-033-security-and-privacy-controls-and-assurance-activities-catalogue::SC-49 · SC-49 Hardware-enforced separation and policy enforcement →Deploy Policy Enforcement Points in front of every protected resource, whether at the application, gateway, micro service, or network layer. Coverage gaps undermine the entire architecture.
SP800-207-3.3 · Policy Enforcement Point Coverage →Enforce admission policies in container orchestrators to require valid Sigstore signatures before deployment
SIGSTORE-VER-3 · Policy Enforcement →Automate identity lifecycle, provisioning, and policy enforcement across the identity pillar.
ZTMM-ID-AO · Identity Pillar: Automation and Orchestration →HL7 FHIR Authorization. OAUTH 2.0 SCOPES (FHIR-SEC-02 + FHIR-SEC-06): SMART scope syntax + fine-grained authorization. KEY SCOPE PATTERNS: (a) PATIENT SCOPES - patient/[ResourceType].[CRUDS] + patient/Observation.r (read) + patient/* (all patient data);
HL7-FHIR-Authorization-Scopes-Consent-Bulk-Break-Glass · HL7 FHIR Authorization - OAuth 2.0 Scopes + Security Labels + Consent + Patient Compartment + Bulk Data + Break the Glass →Questions people ask about policy enforcement
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