AC-4(24) Internal Normalized Format
Control enhancement of AC-4 Information Flow Enforcement
Control
When transferring information between different security domains, parse incoming data into an internal normalized format and regenerate the data to be consistent with its intended specification.
Discussion
Converting data into normalized forms is one of most of effective mechanisms to stop malicious attacks and large classes of data exfiltration.
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