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Secure Area

What is Secure Area?

A physically protected space with access controls and monitoring designed to safeguard sensitive information, equipment, or operations.

Information Security

Frameworks that govern secure area

ISO 27001:2022View framework →NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5View framework →NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0View framework →

What the standards actually require on secure area

Requirements naming secure area across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.12 controls

Maintain approved procedures for keeping offices, rooms and facilities a safe and secure working environment, and review them at least annually.

CCM-DCS-03 · Secure Area Policy and Procedures →
ISO 27002:20222 controls

Requires security measures governing how people work inside secure areas to be designed and implemented.

iso-27002-2022::7.6 · Working in secure areas →
ISO 27017:20151 control

Requirement defined in ISO 27017:2015, clause 11.1 (Secure areas). See licensed source for normative text. Implementation focus is to demonstrate conformity with the obligations of this clause through the artefacts listed in evidence_requirements.

iso-27017-2015::11.1 · Secure areas →
ISO 27018:20191 control

Requirement defined in ISO 27018:2019, clause 11.1 (Secure areas). See licensed source for normative text. Implementation focus is to demonstrate conformity with the obligations of this clause through the artefacts listed in evidence_requirements.

iso-27018-2019::11.1 · Secure areas →
ISO 27701:20191 control

Secure area controls covering the security perimeter, entry, offices and facilities, protection against external and environmental threats, working in secure areas and delivery and loading areas apply as the base guidance requires, read as protecting the perso...

iso-27701-2019::6.8.1 · Secure areas →
Australian Information Security Manual2 controls

HACE is used to protect SECRET and TOP SECRET data when communicated over insufficiently secure networks, outside of appropriately secure areas or via public network infrastructure.

ISM-0467 · HACE is used to protect SECRET and TOP SECRET data when communicated over insufficiently s →

Questions people ask about secure area

What is Secure Area?
A physically protected space with access controls and monitoring designed to safeguard sensitive information, equipment, or operations.
Why is Secure Area important for compliance?
Secure Area is a key concept in Information Security. Understanding secure area helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Secure Area?
Secure Area appears in the requirement text of Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.1, ISO 27002:2022, ISO 27017:2015, ISO 27018:2019, ISO 27701:2019. Across these standards we have identified 9 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Secure Area?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how secure area applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

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Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.