Topic

Content validation

Applicable to

all

History

Priority

should

Mar 2022

Files imported or exported via gateways or CDSs undergo content validation.

Miscellaneous changes were made to rationale and recommendations throughout the publication to clarify content without changing intent. This included a review from the Guidelines for System Hardening chapter through to the Guidelines for Data Transfers chapter.

Oct 2019

Content validation is performed on all data passing through a content filter with content which fails content validation blocked.

Security control 1285 was merged with security control 1284.

Sep 2019

Content validation is performed on all data passing through a content filter with content which fails content validation blocked.

2015

Agencies should perform validation on all data passing through a content filter, blockingcontent which fails the validation.