PE-4 Access control for transmission
Requires physical access to organization-defined system distribution and transmission lines inside organizational facilities to be controlled using defined security controls, so cabling cannot be tapped, cut or interfere
4
artefacts
0
held by a system
3
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 protective measures such as locked risers, conduit or sealed trays · Physical access / facilities
- Access records for communications rooms and cable pathways · Physical access / facilities
- Inspection records for cabling infrastructure · Physical access / facilities
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Documentation of in scope distribution and transmission lines and their routes · 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
- Communications risers shared with the building and accessible to other tenants
- Patch panels in open office areas with no physical protection
- Cabling protected in the data hall while inter-building runs are unprotected
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 sheetPE-3 Physical access control · PE-5 Access control for output devices