Standard network management services will include:
- Implementing, monitoring & managing Application Firewall rules based on industry standard OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project) core rule sets.
- Managing and regulating network connections from third parties and external sources, ensuring authorized access and appropriate usage.
- Secure connections to external public networks using De-Militarized Zones (DMZ designs as defined in NIST Special Publication 800-41, Guidelines on Firewalls and Firewall Policy, are acceptable).
- Using Industry Standard secure configurations, configure and manage routers.
- Managing network logs, log files related to networks and log retention policies.
- Suppressing communications and data ingress and egress to environments
containing Confidential Information. - Handling and Incorporating Transport Encryption
- Performance tuning and maintaining cloud-based routers, as well as implementing an IPSec tunnel for secure communication with the outside network.