Cyber Security Basics: Protect your organization by applying the fundamentals

Author:Franke, Don [Franke, Don]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2016-01-29T16:00:00+00:00

Figure 1.16: A proxy determines whether or not to let user web site requests proceed to the Internet.

Having a proxy in place to intercept web site requests also lets the security team explicitly add blocks to a policy in response to information (or “intel”) received about sites that host a malicious payload. A web proxy should be considered essential for any organization that allows Internet access from a production network.

As there is the risk of blocking legitimate sites, and the need to have staff available for adding and removing sites in a timely manner, this is considered a level 2 security objective.

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