7.3 Securing offices, rooms and facilities
Requires physical security for offices, rooms and facilities to be designed and then actually implemented.
5
artefacts
0
held by a system
4
at each review
hard
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
none for this control
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
- Evidence of implementation, such as inspection records, photographs or commissioning records for locks, barriers and controls · Physical access / facilities
- Evidence of discretion, such as the absence of signage identifying sensitive facilities and directories not disclosing their location · Physical access / facilities
- Records of key and lock management, including issue, return and rekeying · Physical access / facilities
- Evidence the design is reviewed after changes to layout, occupancy or use · Physical access / facilities
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Design documentation for the physical security of offices, rooms and facilities, showing the measures selected against the risk · Policy repository / GRC workspace
First move
This control is evidenced by people and documents, not systems. Put the document under version control with an owner and review date, and log each review as a record with reviewer and date. Do not try to automate it.
Common gaps auditors find
- Measures designed on paper with no verification that what was built matches the design
- Signage, reception directories and public information identifying the location of sensitive facilities
- Key management informal, with unaccounted physical keys and no rekeying after loss
- Changes of use, such as a meeting room becoming a work area for sensitive material, never reassessed
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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