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SC-5

Denial-of-service Protection

System and Communications Protection (SC)
Baselines
Low · IncludedModerate · IncludedHigh · Included
Description

[assignment] the effects of the following types of denial-of-service events: [assignment] ; and Employ the following controls to achieve the denial-of-service objective: [assignment].

Discussion

Denial-of-service events may occur due to a variety of internal and external causes, such as an attack by an adversary or a lack of planning to support organizational needs with respect to capacity and bandwidth. Such attacks can occur across a wide range of network protocols (e.g., IPv4, IPv6). A variety of technologies are available to limit or eliminate the origination and effects of denial-of-service events. For example, boundary protection devices can filter certain types of packets to protect system components on internal networks from being directly affected by or the source of denial-of-service attacks. Employing increased network capacity and bandwidth combined with service redundancy also reduces the susceptibility to denial-of-service events.

Implementation guidance

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CSF 2.0 crosswalk
DE.CM-01Networks and network services are monitored to find potentially adverse eventsDetect
PR.IR-01Protect