As the saying goes, a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. This applies more than ever to cybersecurity implementations designed to protect organizations from malicious attacks, intruders and vulnerabilities.

While security principles should apply throughout the organization, locking down the perimeter and ensuring only necessary connections get through is an especially critical goal. Whether traffic is going from outside to inside or vice versa, having a strong, comprehensive and reliable perimeter security policy is integral to securing organizational data and the employees who use it to do their jobs and conduct company business.

The purpose of this policy, written by Scott Matteson for TechRepublic Premium, is to provide guidelines for securing the organization’s network perimeter.

Featured text from the policy:

Network layouts.

All public-facing servers should be segregated in a designated DMZ subnet, with only required services permitted in both an internal and external direction. No other devices should occupy or have access to this subnet.

All in-bound Internet services must be processed by a proxy server or using stateful inspection methods for traffic handling.

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