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Tip: Protect your electronic perimeter with a firewall policy

EHR Connection, October 27, 2008

 A firewall policy describes the management of an organization’s firewalls and other perimeter security devices. It helps ensure that management of these critical security devices includes appropriate oversight and controls. 

• Access control, including administrative access, access control lists, remote access, and physical security
• Change management, including request protocol and response, firewall rule review and changes, and production review
• Configuration management, including version control, security hardening, and vulnerability monitoring
• Logging and alerting, including periodic risk assessment, audit logs, audit log reviews, audit log retention, access to audit logs, and alerts
• Contingency planning
• Architecture
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