The Windows Firewall "Allow ICMP exceptions" policy should be enabled or disabled as appropriate for the Standard Profile. (1) enabled/disabled (1) Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Network\Network Connections\Windows Firewall \Standard Profile\Allow ICMP exceptions CCE-797 BITS Shared Assessments SIG v6.0 Jericho Forum HIPAA/HITECH Act FedRAMP Security Controls(Final Release Jan 2012)--LOW IMPACT LEVEL-- ISO/IEC 27001-2005 COBIT 4.1 GAPP (Aug 2009) NERC CIP NIST SP800-53 R3 AC-4 NIST SP800-53 R3 CM-6 NIST SP800-53 R3 CM-7 NIST SP800-53 R3 SC-7 PCIDSS v2.0 FedRAMP Security Controls(Final Release Jan 2012)--MODERATE IMPACT LEVEL-- BITS Shared Assessments AUP v5.0 CCE Version 4.2 2008-02-15 BITS Shared Assessments SIG v6.0 2012-10-12 Jericho Forum 2012-10-12 HIPAA/HITECH Act 2012-10-12 ISO/IEC 27001-2005 2012-10-12 COBIT 4.1 2012-10-12 GAPP (Aug 2009) 2012-10-12 NERC CIP 2012-10-12 NIST SP800-53 R3 2012-10-12 PCIDSS v2.0 2012-10-12 BITS Shared Assessments AUP v5.0 2012-10-12