Protocol Security
What is Protocol Security?
Security measures and best practices for protecting network communication protocols from exploitation, misuse, and vulnerabilities.
Terms that appear alongside protocol security
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as protocol security. The number is how many controls name both.
- tls 2 shared controls
- authentication 2 shared controls
- ssh 2 shared controls
- remote access 2 shared controls
Frameworks that govern protocol security
What the standards actually require on protocol security
Requirements naming protocol security across 5 standards, quoted from the control text.
The IED keeps its primary protection and control functions from being compromised through its communication ports or protocols (2013's IED functionality compromise, now 5.6), implements the security features of the protocols it supports (2013's protocol-specif...
ieee-1686::5.6 · Resiliency: communications port access, functionality compromise and protocol security →Communications between authenticators and a RADIUS server are encapsulated with an additional layer of encryption using RADIUS over Internet Protocol Security or RADIUS over Transport Layer Security.
ISM-1454 · Encapsulating RADIUS communications with IPsec or TLS →The security architecture is built from security domains mapped onto power system domains, system interface categories mapped onto the TC 57 architecture, and security controls (the Figure 9 overview) mapped to domains, with a method to determine the controls...
iec-62351-power-systems-communication-security::10:5 · Part 10, clause 5: security architecture in power systems (security domains and their mapping, system interface categories, security controls and their domain mapping, determination of controls, network-based controls) →Implement cryptography + protocol security + PKI per O-RAN WG11 Security Requirements covering TLS + SSH + IPsec + certificate lifecycle.
ORANWG11-3 · Cryptography, TLS, SSH, IPsec, and PKI Lifecycle Management →Set and publish standards for the virtual assets the firm deals in and apply due diligence before and throughout, considering market capitalisation, fully diluted value, liquidity and trend, design and use cases, features affecting compliance (AML/CFT, sanctio...
uae-virtual-asset-regulatory-authority-vara-regulations::MC-VIII · Market Conduct Rulebook VIII: VA standards →Questions people ask about protocol security
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