13.4: Perform Traffic Filtering Between Network Segments

Perform traffic filtering between network segments, where appropriate.

Asset Type

Security Function

Implementation Groups

Network

Protect

2, 3

Dependencies

  • None

Inputs

  1. GV36: Segments within the enterprise network

  2. GV35: Assets that are part of the network infrastructure

  3. GV37: Network infrastructure configuration standards

Operations

  1. Use Input 1 GV36 to identify and enumerate network segments that require communication with other network segments (M1)

  2. For each network segment identified in Operation 1, use Input 2 GV35 to identify network infrastructure assets responsible for traffic filtering

  3. For each network infrastructure asset identified in Operation 1, check configurations using Input 3 GV37 to determine whether each semgment is properly configured to filter traffic
    1. Identify and enumerate network segments with properly configured filtering assets (M2)

    2. Identify and enumerate network segments with improperly configured filtering assets (M3)

Measures

  • M1 = Count of network segments that communicate with other network segments

  • M2 = Count of network segments with properly configured filtering assets

  • M3 = Count of network segments wih improperly configured filtering assets

Metrics

Coverage

Metric

The percentage of network segments properly configured to
filter traffic between segments

Calculation

M2 / M1