IT Baseline Protection Manual - The Information Warfare Site

Safeguard Catalogue - Organisation Remarks
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S 2.49 Procurement of suitable fax machines
Initiation responsibility: IT Security Management
Implementation responsibility: Procurer
When new fax machines are purchased, it should be ensured that the following
standard security features are included:
- Exchange of subscriber ID's
- Transmission report
- Journal keeping
Taking the price/performance ratio into account, the following additional
security features are recommended:
- Access protected with a password
- Buffer memory protected with a password
- Configuration of a closed user group
- Exclusion of certain fax connections from sending and receiving
Additional controls:
- Are security features considered as exclusion criteria for the procurement
of new fax machines?
- Are additional security features on newly procured fax machines
appropriate in terms of the relation between the price and the degree of
protection required?
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IT-Baseline Protection Manual: Oktober 2000