---
type: "term"
title: "Umbrella Controls"
description: "Security measures that provide protection for groups of IT systems within their scope, such as firewalls, proxies, network zones, or external network filters."
resource: "tlctc:term:umbrella-controls"
tags:
  - "glossary"
---
# Umbrella Controls

Security measures that provide protection for groups of IT systems within their scope, such as firewalls, proxies, network zones, or external network filters. These contrast with Local Controls that protect specific systems directly. Important consideration: Umbrella controls provide protection only for specific 'Groups of IT-Systems' within their scope and cannot effectively protect all exposed systems (e.g., a firewall protects 'inner IT-Systems' but not directly exposed ones).