SC-7(23): Disable Sender Feedback on Protocol Validation Failure

Control Family:

System and Communications Protection

Parent Control:

SC-7: Boundary Protection

CSF v1.1 References:

PR.AC-5
PR.DS-5
PR.PT-4
DE.CM-1

Threats Addressed:

Information Disclosure
Lateral Movement

Baselines:

(Not part of any baseline)

Previous Version:

NIST Special Publication 800-53 Revision 4:
SC-7(23): Disable Sender Feedback On Protocol Validation Failure

Control Statement

Disable feedback to senders on protocol format validation failure.

Supplemental Guidance

Disabling feedback to senders when there is a failure in protocol validation format prevents adversaries from obtaining information that would otherwise be unavailable.