Details

A firewall provides a line of defense against attack, allowing or blocking inbound and outbound connections based on a set of rules.

NOTE: Nessus has not performed this check. Please review the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

Install and enable a host-based firewall on the system.

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_Windows_Server_2019_V2R3_STIG.zip

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Security Assessment and Authorization, Configuration Management.This control applies to the following type of system Windows.

References

• 800-53|CA-3(5)
• 800-53|CM-6b.
• CAT|II
• CCI|CCI-000366
• CCI|CCI-002080
• Rule-ID|SV-214936r569188_rule
• STIG-ID|WN19-00-000280
• STIG-Legacy|SV-103657
• STIG-Legacy|V-93571
• Vuln-ID|V-214936

Source

• Tenable.com/audits