CAIQ v4 Control IVS-14 Extractive Review Standard

How to answer 'Are unused network ports, services, and protocols disabled by default?' on a CAIQ

Reviewer Guidance & Pitfalls

State minimal OS base images (Alpine/Distroless) and security groups blocking all unneeded ports.

Example Answer Passing Enterprise Audit

Compliant Response Template
Yes. Production containers use minimal distroless base images with only required application ports (443) exposed via security groups (SOC 2, CC6.6).

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