164.310(c) Workstation Security (Standard)
Implement physical safeguards for workstations accessing ePHI to restrict access to authorized users. NIST recommends positioning, privacy screens, cable locks, and clear-desk policy.
4
artefacts
1
held by a system
0
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
- Privacy screen issuance log · Physical access / facilities
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
none for this control
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Clear-desk policy · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Workstation positioning standards · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Cable lock inventory · 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
- Screens visible to public
- Clear-desk policy unenforced
- Mobile devices not secured when unattended
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 sheet164.310(b) Workstation Use (Standard) · 164.310(d)(1) Device and Media Controls (Standard)