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SC-07(14) Protect Against Unauthorized Physical Connections

NIST SP 800-53 (controls) 5.2.0 against 5.2.0
All changes in this version
unchanged SC part of SC-7

Title

Protect Against Unauthorized Physical Connections

Control

Protect against unauthorized physical connections at [Assignment: managed interfaces].

Discussion

Systems that operate at different security categories or classification levels may share common physical and environmental controls, since the systems may share space within the same facilities. In practice, it is possible that these separate systems may share common equipment rooms, wiring closets, and cable distribution paths. Protection against unauthorized physical connections can be achieved by using clearly identified and physically separated cable trays, connection frames, and patch panels for each side of managed interfaces with physical access controls that enforce limited authorized access to these items.

Parameters

sc-07.14_odp: managed interfaces

Related controls

pe-19, pe-4

Assessment objective

SC-07(14) [Assignment: managed interfaces] are protected against unauthorized physical connections.

STIG rules that implement this control 0

No followed STIG rule cites a CCI indexed to this control (CCI list 2026-07-14).