Guide to NIST Rules in the Compliance Center
This table defines the NIST rules covered in FileCloud's Compliance Center, explains what steps you must take to be in compliance, and describes how FileCloud validates each rule.
Rule (click to see text) | Description | Validation | |
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Access Control 3.1.1 | Choose a DLP rule to restrict public sharing of CUI. | To guard against unauthorized access to CUI:
| If the DLP rule exists and is enabled and there are no existing public shares, status is OK; if not, or if modifications to the rule allow public shares, status is Issues. |
Access Control 3.1.8 | Configure password settings to limit unsuccessful logon attempts. | To set a limit on unsuccessful logon attempts:
| If the Incorrect Attempts Before Account Lockout setting is set as indicated, then status is OK; if not, status is Issues. |
Access Control 3.1.18 | Set up a workflow that blocks the connection of a new mobile device until it is approved. | To set up a workflow to block the connection of a new mobile device:
| If the workflow does not exist or is not enabled, the status is Issues. |
Audit and Accountability 3.3.1 | Set the audit logging level. | To monitor log-in attempts:
| If Audit Logging Level is set to OFF, status is Issues. |
Audit and Accountability 3.3.3 | Confirm admin knows how to use and manage audit reports. | Enable this rule to confirm admin understands audit logs and has a process to regularly review audit records and remove unwanted records. | None |
Audit and Accountability 3.3.8 | Confirm admin understands how to disable the deletion of audit records. | To disable deletion of audit records see Delete Audit Log Entries. | None |
Audit and Accountability 3.3.9 | Give at least one admin user access to the Audit Reports. | To enable at least one admin user to access the Audit Reports:
| If one or more users have access to the Audit Reports, the status is OK; if not, the status is Issues. |
Configuration Management 3.4.2 | Confirm admin understands security settings and knows how to implement reCaptcha, 2FA, and password policies. | Enable this rule to confirm that admin can implement reCaptcha, 2FA, and password policies. | None |
Configuration Management 3.4.7 | Confirm admin knows how to disable or change non-essential ports and services. | Enable this rule to confirm that admin can disable or change non-essential ports and services. For information about changing default port or web server settings in FileCloud, see: Changing a Default Port or Web Server Setting. | None |
Identification and Authentication 3.5.2 | Configure and enable the Authentication Type as Active Directory or LDAP or enable SSO. | To authenticate users during login:
To enable SSO, see: | If Authentication Type is set to Default and SSO is not enabled, status is Issues. |
Identification and Authentication 3.5.7 | Set up strong password management. | To set regulations for strong password management:
| If the password settings are set as indicated, status is OK; if not, status is Issues. |
Identification and Authentication 3.5.8 | Disallow the reuse of previous passwords. | To disallow the reuse of previous passwords:
| If Number of Previous Passwords that cannot be reused is set as indicated, then status is OK; if not, status is Issues. |
Identification and Authentication 3.5.9 | Require new accounts to change passwords. | To require new accounts to change passwords:
| If New accounts must change password is set as indicated, then the status is OK; if not, the status is Issues. |
Incident Response 3.6.1 | Confirm admin knows how to use audit, alerts, violation reports, and event reports to create notification reports. | Enable this rule to confirm that admin knows how to use audit logs, alerts and violation reports to generate breach notifications. | None |
Maintenance 3.7.4 | Configure anti-virus protection against malicious file uploads. | To protect CUI from malicious file uploads:
| If Anti-Virus is configured, status is OK; if not, status is Issues. |
Media Protection 3.8.4 | Choose a metadata set to classify controlled unclassified information | To indicate which files are CUI, click the edit button and select a metadata set with a tag for identifying them. (Use smart classification to apply the metadata tag to the CUI.) | If the metadata set exists and is enabled, status is OK; if not, status is Issues. |
Media Protection 3.8.6 | Configure and enable encryption. | To maintain security: Configure storage encryption.
See Setting Up Managed Storage Encryption in the support document. | If storage is not fully encrypted or any existing files are not fully encrypted, status is Issues. |
Systems and Communications Protection 3.13.3 | Give at least one user in an admin role access to the Compliance Center. | To enable at least one user to manage the Compliance Center:
| If one or more users have access to the Compliance Center, status is OK; if not, status is Issues. |
Systems and Communications Protection 3.13.4 | Choose a DLP rule that only allows private sharing. | To guard against unauthorized access to CUI:
| If the DLP rule exists and is enabled and there are no existing public shares, status is OK; if not, or if modifications to the rule allow public shares, status is Issues. |
Systems and Communications Protection 3.13.9 | Set session timeout for the user portal. | To confirm automatic logoff of sessions:
| If Session Timeout is set to 0 or empty, status is Issues. |
Systems and Communications Protection 3.13.10 | Confirm decryption keys are confidential. | To confirm that decryption keys are confidential, enable this rule. | None |
System and Information Integrity 3.14.1 | Enable Governance Report Email to send the admin an email reminder to check audit logs, reports, and security issues regularly. | To implement procedures to regularly review records such as audit logs and violation report:
| If the Send Admin Governance Report Emails setting is enabled, status is OK; if not, status is Issues. |