Facility Security
What is Facility Security?
Comprehensive physical security measures for organizational facilities including access controls, surveillance, environmental protection, and visitor management.
Terms that appear alongside facility security
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as facility security. The number is how many controls name both.
- security plan 7 shared controls
- access control 5 shared controls
- cybersecurity 5 shared controls
- nist 4 shared controls
- compliance 2 shared controls
- security clearance 2 shared controls
- personnel security 2 shared controls
- itar 2 shared controls
Frameworks that govern facility security
What the standards actually require on facility security
Requirements naming facility security across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Per MTSA + 33 CFR Parts 101-106 + USCG NVIC 2024-01 cyber update: Facility Security Assessment + Facility Security Plan (FSP) + Format and Content of FSP.
USMTSA-1 · Facility Security Assessment and Plan →Implement baseline and enhanced security measures at critical pipeline facilities, including access control, intrusion detection, surveillance, signage, lighting and barriers proportionate to the assessed risk.
TSA-PSG-05 · Facility security measures for critical pipeline facilities →Implement policies to safeguard facility and equipment from unauthorized physical access, tampering, and theft. NIST recommends documented zones, controls, and inspection regime.
164.310(a)(2)(ii) · Facility Security Plan (Addressable) →Implement physical security measures for supply chain facilities including perimeter protection, access control systems, surveillance, lighting, and intrusion detection.
ISO28001-PS-01 · Facility Security →Implement policies to safeguard facility and equipment from unauthorized physical access, tampering, and theft. NIST recommends documented zones, controls, and inspection regime.
164.310(a)(2)(ii) · Facility Security Plan (Addressable) →Parts 123-125 of ITAR establish the export licensing framework administered by DDTC. (1) Part 123 Licensing of Defense Articles: (a) Form DSP-5 Application for Permanent Export of Unclassified Defense Articles - the basic ITAR license type + must be obtained p...
ITAR-Part123-125-ExportLicensing-DSP-5-DSP-73-DSP-61-MLA-TAA-Classified-Information-Routed · ITAR Parts 123-125 Export Licensing - DSP-5 Permanent Export + DSP-73 Temporary Export + DSP-61 Temporary Import + DSP-83 + Manufacturing License Agreements (MLA) + Technical Assistance Agreements (TAA) + Classified Information + Routed Export Transactions →Questions people ask about facility security
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