A.7.6 Working in secure areas
Design and apply security measures for working in secure areas.
15
artefacts
3
held by a system
5
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
system holds itEvidence a system already holds
- Badge issuance logs · Physical access / facilities
- Security fence maintenance logs · Physical access / facilities
- Monitoring station incident log · SIEM / log platform
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
- Access card audit reports · Identity provider / directory
- Visitor badge issuance records · Physical access / facilities
- Pre approval email records · Physical access / facilities
- Door lock inspection certificates · Physical access / facilities
- Training attendance records · HR system / LMS
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Access control policy document · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Visitor register template · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Site floor plan with security zones · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Cctv camera placement diagram · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Surveillance footage retention schedule · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Secure area induction checklist · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Awareness poster inventory · HR system / LMS
First move
Mostly documents and reviews. Pull the 3 system-held artefacts 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
- informal access permissions used instead of documented controls
- visitor logs missing key details or not retained
- surveillance footage retention periods not aligned with policy
- physical barriers not inspected on a regular schedule
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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