Physical Access Control
What is Physical Access Control?
Security measures that restrict physical entry to facilities, rooms, or areas to authorized individuals using barriers, locks, and authentication systems.
Terms that appear alongside physical access control
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as physical access control. The number is how many controls name both.
- access control 11 shared controls
- audit 3 shared controls
- visitor management 2 shared controls
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What the standards actually require on physical access control
Requirements naming physical access control across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Enforce physical access at entry/exit points; verify authorizations; control ingress/egress; maintain audit logs.
PE-3 · Physical Access Control →Restrict physical access to OT areas, control rooms, network closets, and field cabinets using authenticated entry controls and visitor management.
OT-PHYS-1 · Physical Access Control to OT Assets →Implement physical access controls at facilities housing critical control systems and network infrastructure.
AWWA-2.4 · Physical Access Controls →Certificates are protected by logical and physical access controls, encryption, and user authentication.
ISM-1327 · Certificates are protected by logical and physical access controls, encryption, and user a →People and Physical Security. The member must maintain access controls that prevent unauthorised entry to facilities, including employee/visitor/vendor identification, badge issuance and removal, and challenge procedures for unauthorised persons.
CTPAT-MSC-10 · Physical Access Controls →The entity must control physical access to secure areas and manage visitors and escorts to prevent unauthorised access to people, assets and classified information.
DISP-PHYS-ACCESS · Physical access control and visitor management →Questions people ask about physical access control
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