Physical Access Log
What is Physical Access Log?
A record of all entries to and exits from physically secured areas, used for security monitoring, investigation, and compliance.
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Requirements naming physical access log across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Logs of physical access are kept, at least in an ad hoc way, manually such as a paper register or automatically through an access control system.
australian-energy-sector-cyber-security-framework-aescsf::ACCESS-3c · ACCESS-3c: Physical access logs kept →Maintain audit logs recording physical access to facilities holding organizational systems.
PE.L2-3.10.4 · Physical Access Logs →CMMC 2.0 Level 1 (Foundational) practice PE.L1-3.10.4: Physical Access Logs - safeguarding Federal Contract Information per FAR 52.204-21(b)(1)(ix) (3.10.4).
PE.L1-3.10.4 · Physical Access Logs →Retain physical access logs of entry of individuals with authorized unescorted physical access into each PSP for at least ninety calendar days.
nerc-cip::CIP-006 R1.9 · CIP-006-6 R1.9: Retain physical access logs for 90 days →The plan must require a formal physical security plan that sets processes grounded in risk, plus operational and procedural controls, over physical access at every site holding IAC cyber assets, aligned to the risk of the highest-profile segregated environment...
api-1164::PR.AC-2 · PR.AC-2 A physical security plan for sites with IAC cyber assets, aligned to the highest profile present →The organisation monitors physical access to the facility to detect and respond to physical security incidents, reviews physical access logs at a set frequency and when defined events occur, and coordinates the results with the incident response capability.
canada-itsp-10-033-security-and-privacy-controls-and-assurance-activities-catalogue::PE-06 · PE-06 Monitoring physical access →Questions people ask about physical access log
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