Topic

Firewalls for particularly important networks

Applicable to

Secret, Top Secret

History

Priority

should

Dec 2021

Removed

Miscellaneous changes were made to rationale and security controls throughout the publication. This included:

• A review from the Using the Information Security Manual chapter through to the Guidelines for Media chapter.

• Security controls suitable for all audiences have been identified with the ‘All’ applicability marking while additional security controls suitable for just government audiences have been identified with the O, P, S and TS applicability markings.

• Security controls suitable for specific classifications have been amended to include their classification(s) in the wording of the security controls to reduce the reliance on applicability markings to confer suitability.

• Tables in security controls have been converted into prose to allow for inclusion in the SSP annex template and the XML list of security controls.

• The use of ‘official’ and ‘highly classified’ terminology has been replaced with specific classifications to remove ambiguity.

• Security controls relating to high assurance ICT equipment have had their applicability narrowed to ‘S, TS’ reflecting that they are intended for the protection of SECRET and TOP SECRET systems and data.

2015

Agencies should use an ASD approved firewall between an AUSTEO or AGAO network andanother Australian controlled network in addition to the firewall between networks of differentsecurity domains.

2010

Agencies should use an EAL2 firewall from DSD’s EPL between an AUSTEO or AGAO network and anotherAustralian controlled network in addition to the firewall between networks of different classifications orsecurity domains.

2008

Agencies should use a firewall of at least an EAL2 assurance level between an AUSTEO or AGAO network and another Australian controlled network in addition to the minimum assurance levels for firewalls between networks of different classifications.