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Proxy Server

What is Proxy Server?

An intermediary server that handles requests between clients and destination servers, providing security, privacy, content filtering, and caching capabilities.

Information Security

Frameworks that govern proxy server

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What the standards actually require on proxy server

Requirements naming proxy server across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

FBI CJIS Security Policy1 control

Route all internal traffic that may be proxied, except traffic the information security personnel specifically exempt, to untrusted networks through authenticated proxy servers at managed interfaces.

fbi-cjis-security-policy::SC-7(8) · SC-7(8) Boundary Protection | Route Traffic to Authenticated Proxy Servers →
FedRAMP High1 control

Route internal traffic to FedRAMP-defined external networks through authenticated proxies.

SC-7(8) · Route Traffic to Authenticated Proxy Servers →
FedRAMP Moderate1 control

Route internal traffic to FedRAMP-defined external networks through authenticated proxies.

SC-7(8) · Route Traffic to Authenticated Proxy Servers →
NIST SP 800-53 Rev 51 control

Route [Assignment: organization-defined internal communications traffic] to [Assignment: organization-defined external networks] through authenticated proxy servers at managed interfaces.

NIST800-SC-7(8) · SC-7(8) Boundary Protection | Route Traffic to Authenticated Proxy Servers →
NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 HIGH1 control

Route [Assignment: organization-defined internal communications traffic] to [Assignment: organization-defined external networks] through authenticated proxy servers at managed interfaces.

nist-sp-800-53-revision-5-1-high::SC-7(8) · SC-7(8) Boundary Protection | Route Traffic to Authenticated Proxy Servers →
NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 MODERATE1 control

Route [Assignment: organization-defined internal communications traffic] to [Assignment: organization-defined external networks] through authenticated proxy servers at managed interfaces.

nist-sp-800-53-rev-5-moderate::SC-7(8) · SC-7(8) Boundary Protection | Route Traffic to Authenticated Proxy Servers →

Questions people ask about proxy server

What is Proxy Server?
An intermediary server that handles requests between clients and destination servers, providing security, privacy, content filtering, and caching capabilities.
Why is Proxy Server important for compliance?
Proxy Server is a key concept in Information Security. Understanding proxy server helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Proxy Server?
Proxy Server appears in the requirement text of FBI CJIS Security Policy, FedRAMP High, FedRAMP Moderate, NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5, NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 HIGH. Across these standards we have identified 6 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Proxy Server?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how proxy server applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 1,016 frameworks.

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Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.