CCI-002399

Implementation Guidance

Determine if: - outgoing communications traffic posing a threat to external systems is detected. - outgoing communications traffic posing a threat to external systems is denied.

Validation Procedures

Examine: [SELECT FROM: System and communications protection policy; procedures addressing boundary protection; system design documentation; system hardware and software; system architecture; system configuration settings and associated documentation; system audit records; system security plan; other relevant documents or records]. Interview: [SELECT FROM: System/network administrators; organizational personnel with information security responsibilities; system developer; organizational personnel with boundary protection responsibilities]. Test: [SELECT FROM: Mechanisms implementing boundary protection capabilities; mechanisms implementing the detection and denial of threatening outgoing communications traffic; mechanisms implementing auditing of outgoing communications traffic].