Physical Security
What is Physical Security?
Measures to protect an organization's physical assets, facilities, and personnel from unauthorized access, theft, damage, and environmental threats.
Terms that appear alongside physical security
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as physical security. The number is how many controls name both.
- access control 15 shared controls
- encryption 14 shared controls
- incident response 14 shared controls
- business continuity 13 shared controls
- vulnerability 12 shared controls
- nist 12 shared controls
- authentication 11 shared controls
- audit 10 shared controls
Frameworks that govern physical security
What the standards actually require on physical security
Requirements naming physical security across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Physical security must be integrated into property planning from project initiation, including site selection, design, construction, and changes to tenancy or operations.
PSPF-2024-POL-15 · Policy 15: Physical security planning →People and Physical Security. Cargo handling and storage facilities must have physical barriers and deterrents (fencing, gates, lighting, alarms, CCTV) commensurate with risk to prevent unauthorised access.
CTPAT-MSC-9 · Physical Security →Derive documented physical and environmental security requirements for all premises and data centres from risk assessment and identified protection needs, addressing planning faults, intrusion, surveillance, climate control, fire, water, power and ventilation,...
C5-PS-01 · Physical Security and Environmental Control Requirements →Requires security perimeters to be defined and used to protect any area holding information and the assets associated with it.
iso-27002-2022::7.1 · Physical security perimeters →Facilities, security zones and physical assets holding classified information must be protected through certified physical security measures (zones, access control, secure storage).
DSPF-PHYS-PRIN · Physical security of facilities, zones and assets →Physical security for telecommunications facilities including exchanges, data centers, and cell sites
27011-7.1 · Physical security perimeters →Questions people ask about physical security
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