| Remote network access is accomplished by leveraging common communication protocols and establishing a remote connection. These connections will occur over the public Internet. Remote access is any access to an organizational information system by a user (or an information system) communicating through an external, non-organization-controlled network (e.g., the Internet). Examples of remote access methods include dial-up, broadband, and wireless. Automated monitoring of remote access sessions allows organizations to audit user activities on a variety of information system components (e.g., servers, workstations, notebook/laptop computers) and to ensure compliance with remote access policy. Remote access applications, such as those providing remote access to network devices and information systems and are individually configured with no monitoring or automation capabilities, increase risk and makes remote user access management difficult at best. Applications providing remote access capability need to provide the ability to automatically monitor and control remote user sessions. This includes the capability to directly trigger actions based on user activity or past information and/or data to a separate application or entity that can then perform automated tasks based on the information.
Rationale for non-applicability:
Mobile applications that support remote access to the mobile device are outside the scope of this SRG. Applications supporting remote access to the mobile device are not permitted on DoD CMD, with the exception of native OS support for personal hotspots and USB tethering that is compliant with the MOS SRG. The SRG scope also does not cover applications which include plug-in or portable code that will make the application: (i) support multiple users; (ii) enable remote user access or administration; and (iii) provide network or application services to other nodes. |
