7.6 Working in secure areas
Requires security measures governing how people work inside secure areas to be designed and 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 the rules were communicated to those permitted to work there, including third party personnel and maintenance staff · Physical access / facilities
- Evidence of enforcement, such as inspection, monitoring or spot checks · Physical access / facilities
- Records of third party work in secure areas, showing authorisation and supervision · Physical access / facilities
- Evidence covering unoccupied secure areas, which should be locked and periodically checked · Physical access / facilities
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- The rules governing work inside secure areas, covering supervision, recording devices, unattended work and knowledge of the area's existence · 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
- Rules published with no supervision or check that they are followed
- Photography and recording devices prohibited in policy while every person carries a phone and nothing addresses it
- Maintenance and cleaning staff working unsupervised in secure areas outside working hours
- Vacant secure areas left unlocked because the last person out has no defined responsibility
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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