Firewall/Access Control List Policy
Version 1.3
For Students, Faculty, Staff, Guests, Alumni
Purpose
This policy is to ensure that the University's IT Resources are properly protected behind network firewalls or other network devices that utilize access control lists (ACLs).
Scope
This IT policy, and all policies referenced herein, shall apply to all members of the University community, including faculty, students, administrative officials, staff, alumni, authorized guests, delegates, and independent contractors (the "User(s)" or "you") who use, access, or otherwise employ, locally or remotely, the University’s IT Resources, whether individually controlled, shared, stand-alone, or networked.
Policy Statement
- Users who can grant access to restricted network devices, including but not limited to routers, switches, and firewalls, must abide by the rules in this policy.
- Users must verify that firewalls, switches, and router configuration standards are reviewed and examined semi-annually.
- All IT Resources that allow access to data, systems, and networks must contain a default "deny all" inbound access rule.
- All IT Resources on high-risk networks, such as the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) and DMZ (demilitarized zone) networks, must also contain a "deny all" rule on outbound traffic.
- IT Resources on the PCI networks must be secured from direct public access.
- Information Security and Assurance (ISA) must approve any access request via the Firewall/Network ACL Change procedure.
- The ISA must explicitly authorize outbound traffic from PCI networks to the Internet.
Definitions
DMZ is a physical or logical subnetwork that contains and exposes an organization's external-facing services to an untrusted network, usually a larger network such as the Internet.
IT Resources include computing, networking, communications, application, and telecommunications systems, infrastructure, hardware, software, data, databases, personnel, procedures, physical facilities, cloud-based vendors, Software as a Service (SaaS) vendors, and related materials and services.
Related Policies and Procedures
Implementation Information
Review Frequency: | Annual |
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Responsible Person: | Senior Director of IT Security and Assurance |
Approved By: | CISO |
Approval Date: | March 1, 2017 |
Revision History
Version:
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Date:
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Description:
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1.0
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01/26/2017
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Initial policy
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1.0.1
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03/01/2017
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Grammatical changes to definitions. No changes to the policy
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1.0.2
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05/23/2018
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Updated disclaimer, scope, and definitions
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1.0.3
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01/04/2019
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Updated links
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1.1
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06/09/2020
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Updated policy statement and definitions
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1.2 | 07/26/2021 | Updated purpose and policy statements |
1.3 | 08/01/2022 | Updated policy statement |
Policy Disclaimer Statement
Deviations from policies, procedures, or guidelines published and approved by Information Security and Assurance (ISA) may only be done cooperatively between ISA and the requesting entity with sufficient time to allow for appropriate risk analysis, documentation, and possible presentation to authorized University representatives. Failure to adhere to ISA written policies may be met with University sanctions.
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