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Assessment Title
Rule Text
The SDN controller must be configured to disable non-essential capabilities.
Description
Discussion Text
It is detrimental for network elements to provide, or enable by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission objectives. These unnecessary capabilities or services are often overlooked and therefore may remain unsecured. They increase the risk to the platform by providing additional attack vectors.
Some of the functions and services that could be enabled may not be necessary to support essential organizational operations.
Some of the functions and services that could be enabled may not be necessary to support essential organizational operations.
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