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12.8: Establish and Maintain Dedicated Computing Resources for All Administrative Work

Requirement description

Establish and maintain dedicated computing resources, either physically or logically separated, for
all administrative tasks or tasks requiring administrative access. The computing resources should be
segmented from the enterprise’s primary network and not be allowed internet access.

How to fill the requirement

CIS 18 controls

12.8: Establish and Maintain Dedicated Computing Resources for All Administrative Work

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Establishing and maintaining dedicated computing resources for all administrative work
Critical
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Normal
Low
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System management
Data system management
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12.8: Establish and Maintain Dedicated Computing Resources for All Administrative Work
CIS 18
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Establishing and maintaining dedicated computing resources for all administrative work
1. Task description

The organization enhances security by deploying dedicated workstations and virtual desktop infrastructure for administrative tasks, employing network segmentation, restricting internet access, implementing strict access controls, and using hardened operating systems.

Network areas and structurally secure network design
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Technical cyber security
Network security
21
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13.1.3: Segregation in networks
ISO 27001
PR.AC-5: Network integrity
NIST
8.22: Segregation of networks
ISO 27001
ARCHITECTURE-2: Implement Network Protections as an Element of the Cybersecurity Architecture
C2M2
CC6.6: Logical access security measures against threats from sources outside system boundries
SOC 2
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Network areas and structurally secure network design
1. Task description

An owner is defined for an organization's networks. The owner is responsible for planning the structure of the network and documenting it.

Separate network areas are used in network design as needed. Domain areas can be defined by e.g.:

  • trust level (eg public, workstations, server)
  • organizational units (eg HR, financial management)
  • or by some combination (for example, a server domain that is connected to multiple organizational units)

Separation can be implemented either with physically separate networks or with logically separate networks.

Separation of critical environments
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Development and cloud
Technical vulnerability management
8
requirements

Examples of other requirements this task affects

13.1.3: Segregation in networks
ISO 27001
PR.AC-5: Network integrity
NIST
8.22: Segregation of networks
ISO 27001
2.3.1: Establish centrally managed practices for security updates
NSM ICT-SP
12.8: Establish and Maintain Dedicated Computing Resources for All Administrative Work
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Separation of critical environments
1. Task description

Isolate technical environments where the consequences can be very damaging.

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