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Remote Access Security

What is Remote Access Security?

Controls and technologies for securing connections from remote users and devices to organizational networks and resources, including VPN and zero trust approaches.

Information Security

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as remote access security. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on remote access security

Requirements naming remote access security across 4 standards, quoted from the control text.

NERC CIP2 controls

For assets containing low impact BES Cyber Systems that allow vendor electronic remote access established under Section 3.1, implement a process to mitigate its risks that includes methods for determining vendor electronic remote access, for disabling it, and...

nerc-cip::CIP-003 R2 Att1 S6 · CIP-003-9 R2 Att1 S6: Low impact plan Section 6: vendor electronic remote access security controls →

Remote access, meaning any access originating outside the system or outside its network including other networks at the same site, is allowed only if the regulator authorises it and is performed by a secured method, can be disabled, accepts only connections th...

gli-33-gaming-laboratories-international-event-wagering-systems::B.7.1 · B.7.1 Remote Access Security →

Interactive remote access security. Control from NIST SP 1800-32 framework, domain: NIST SP 1800-32: Access Management.

NIST1800-32-09 · Interactive remote access security →

Security controls are applied to systems that have remote access (Table B4, 16.1: manipulation of remotely operated functions such as remote key, immobiliser and charging pile, 16.2: manipulation of telematics, 16.3: interference with short range wireless syst...

unece-wp-29-r155::A5-M20 · Annex 5 M20 Security controls on systems with remote access →

Questions people ask about remote access security

What is Remote Access Security?
Controls and technologies for securing connections from remote users and devices to organizational networks and resources, including VPN and zero trust approaches.
Why is Remote Access Security important for compliance?
Remote Access Security is a key concept in Information Security. Understanding remote access security 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 Remote Access Security?
Remote Access Security appears in the requirement text of NERC CIP, GLI-33 - Gaming Laboratories International Event Wagering Systems, NIST SP 1800-32, UNECE WP.29 R155. Across these standards we have identified 5 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Remote Access Security?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how remote access security 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.

See how Remote Access Security applies across compliance frameworks

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