Baseline Cybersecurity Capability: Logical Access to Interfaces

10 December 2020 by Phillip Johnston • Last updated 15 August 2023 Note: This entry describes a core capability a defined in the NIST Cybersecurity for IoT Program. The IoT device can restrict logical access to its local and network interfaces, and the protocols and services used by those interfaces, to authorized entities only. Common Elements The following elements are commonly used to achieve this capability: The ability to logically or physically disable any local and network interfaces that are not necessary for the core functionality of the device The ability to logically restrict access to each network interface to …