IT Baseline Protection Manual S 2.49 Procurement of suitable fax machines
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?
