EvidenceSheet
ISO/IEC 27001:2022 · Physical controls

A.7.4 Physical security monitoring

Premises are to be watched continuously for unauthorized physical entry. Purpose (stated in ISO/IEC 27002:2022): detects and deters unauthorized physical access. As an Annex A reference control, it is compared with the controls determined in risk treatment (6.1.3 c) and recorded in the Statement of Applicability as included or excluded, with the justification and implementation status (6.1.3 d); implementation guidance is ISO/IEC 27002:2022 7.4.

Source: ISO/IEC 27001:2022, A.7.4. The statement above is our statement of the clause, read from the published text and cited so you can check it against the official text, not the instrument verbatim. Open ISO/IEC 27001:2022 in the compliance library.

Clauses 4 to 10 are the management-system requirements: none of them can be excluded when an organisation claims conformity. The 93 Annex A controls are a reference set: one may be excluded with a justification in the Statement of Applicability. Certification bodies assess conformity; the evidence lists here are what auditors commonly ask for, not a list the standard prescribes.

5
artefacts
1
held by a system
1
at each review
hard
to go live
Policy repository / GRC workspace
where the evidence lives
teal = a system already holds it · olive = produced at each review. To go live: easy when half or more of the artefacts are already held by a system, moderate from a quarter to a half, hard below a quarter.

These are the artefacts auditors commonly ask for on this requirement, our guidance rather than text from the standard. Your assessor decides what is sufficient in your context, and asks for samples across the period when a report covers one.

system holds itEvidence a system already holds

  • Monitoring logs or monitoring-provider reports showing alarms raised and responses · Physical access / facilities

periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review

  • Alarm and detector installation certificates to applicable standards and periodic test records, including battery-powered components · Physical access / facilities

governing documentDocuments that govern the control

  • Statement of Applicability entry for control A.7.4, showing inclusion or justified exclusion, implementation status and the risks it treats · Policy repository / GRC workspace
  • Coverage plans for CCTV and intruder detection over sensitive areas, external doors, accessible windows and unoccupied zones · Policy repository / GRC workspace
  • Access restrictions and hardening of CCTV and alarm systems, including protection of video feeds and remote management · Policy repository / GRC workspace

First move

Mostly documents and reviews. Pull the 1 system-held artefact from your Physical access / facilities on a schedule; put the documents under version control with an owner and review date, and log each review as a dated record with a named reviewer.

Common gaps auditors find

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.

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A.7.3 Securing offices, rooms and facilities · A.7.5 Protecting against physical and environmental threats