Organisation

Non-contracted visitors in sensitive areas are always accompanied by organisational staff.

Before commencement of processing activities all individuals working with data and systems have been identified using a nationally issued Identification Document or through a trusted federated identity provider.

Shared workspace endpoints are physically protected from tampering with or removing the hardware.

When a workstation is left unattended, the session/screen is locked automatically after a maximum of 15 minutes and the user prompted for re-authentication.

Endpoints have appropriate protections to prevent attacks on memory.

Regular end-users do not have privileged access to endpoints continuously, including but not limited to the ability to modify organisationally managed system settings, changes to environment variables, directly modify the registry, modify files in system directories or install programs. Only users that have a demonstrable need for a local privileged account to perform their work activities can have access to a local privileged account. This access adheres to the privileged access controls, including just-in-time and just-enough admin. These privileges are registered together with the reason why and the approver.

Preventive, detective and corrective measures are in place (especially up-to-date security patches and virus control) across the organisation to protect information systems and technology from malware (e.g., viruses, worms, spyware, spam).

Unless necessary for executing job responsibilities, by default user endpoints do not allow the execution of scripts and executables. If the function necessitates this access, it will be documented and approved by the supervisor.

Printing services are appropriately protected: Printers are kept separate from the public internet. Printing requires authentication before printing. No repeating printing statements. Documents are stored encrypted and for as short a time as possible. Print jobs only start after user authenticates at the printer.

After incidents, the organisation communicates openly and truthfully to affected parties/subjects, without creating additional security risks to the organisation itself. After (potential) major incidents, the evaluation and lessons learnt will be shared within the industry to improve cyber resilience of the entire sector.