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DS5.10 Network Security

• Use security techniques and related management procedures (e.g., firewalls, security appliances, network segmentation, intrusion detection) to authorise access and control information flows from and to networks.

As the industry's number one stateful firewall solution, VPN-1 (which includes the market leading FireWall-1) sets the standard for the very best first line of defense. VPN-1 supports all PCI firewall requirements including the ability to establish proper configuration standards. As specified in sub-requirements to 1.1, these capabilities include granular logical management of network components, internal network zone segmentation to protect cardholder components or segments from other portions of the network, assignment and documentation of ports, firewall configuration policy setting, audit and reporting requirements, and the ability to display network connectivity.

Using Check Point's Security Management Architecture (SMART), administrators can centrally manage, approve, view network topology, and verify all external network connections and changes to the firewall configuration. SMART management enables administrators to list and review firewall security policies, protocols, and rule sets and manage and deploy a centralized firewall policy to an unlimited number of VPN-1 gateways.