164.310(a)(1) Facility Access Controls (Standard)
Implement policies limiting physical access to electronic information systems and facilities while ensuring properly authorized access is allowed. NIST recommends layered physical security and visitor management.
4
artefacts
1
held by a system
1
at each review
moderate
to go live
Physical access / facilities
where the evidence lives
teal = a system already holds it · olive = produced at each review
system holds itEvidence a system already holds
- Visitor logs · Physical access / facilities
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
- Badge system records · Physical access / facilities
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Facility access policy · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- CCTV coverage map · Policy repository / GRC workspace
First move
Start with the 1 of 4 artefacts that already live in a system (Physical access / facilities); keep the periodic reviews but log each one as a dated record with a named reviewer.
Common gaps auditors find
- Tailgating uncontrolled
- Visitor logs incomplete
- Vendor access not separately tracked
Do this for your whole sheet
Paste the rows you run your controls from and get this mapping for every control at once, with the periodic-review ones flagged and a first move per row. No account for the first run.
Build my evidence sheet164.308(b)(3) Written Contract or Other Arrangement · 164.310(a)(2)(i) Contingency Operations (Addressable)