FedRAMP High
PE - Physical and Environmental Protection

FedRAMP High PE-3: Physical Access Control

Enforce physical access at entry/exit points; verify authorizations; control ingress/egress; maintain audit logs.

Maintained by Gerard BlokdykVerified against the published standard Control text last updated

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 51 controls across 22 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

PCI DSS 4.0 · 6 controls

  • 9.2.1 9.2.1 Facility entry controls for CDE systems
  • 9.2.1.1 9.2.1.1 Monitoring of entry to sensitive areas
  • 9.3.1 9.3.1 Personnel physical access procedures for the CDE
  • 9.3.2 9.3.2 Visitor access procedures for the CDE
  • 9.3.3 9.3.3 Visitor badges returned or deactivated
  • 9.5.1 9.5.1 Protection of POI devices from tampering

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 5 controls

CMMC 2.0 · 4 controls

HIPAA Security Rule · 4 controls

ISO 27001:2022 · 4 controls

  • 7.1 Physical security perimeters
  • 7.2 Physical entry
  • 7.3 Securing offices, rooms and facilities
  • 7.6 Working in secure areas

ISO 27002:2022 · 4 controls

  • 7.1 Physical security perimeters
  • 7.2 Physical entry
  • 7.3 Securing offices, rooms and facilities
  • 7.6 Working in secure areas

NIST SP 800-66 Rev 2 · 4 controls

C5 (Germany) · 3 controls

  • C5-PS-01 Physical Security and Environmental Control Requirements
  • C5-PS-03 Perimeter Protection
  • C5-PS-04 Physical site access control
  • ANSSI-HYG-26 Control and Protect Access to Server Rooms and Technical Areas
  • CBPR-PR-27 Physical, technical and administrative safeguards
  • AUCDR-IS-1 Limit risk of unauthorised access to the CDR data environment
  • CFTC-SS-6 Physical Security and Environmental Controls Category

ISO 27701:2019 · 1 control

  • NIST-CSF-PR.AA-06 Physical access to assets is managed, monitored, and enforced commensurate with risk
  • PE-3 PE-3 Physical Access Control
  • PE-3 PE-3 Physical Access Control
  • PE-3 PE-3 Physical Access Control

SOC 2 · 1 control

  • SOC2-CC6.4 CC6.4 Restricting physical access to facilities and assets

Every mapping shown was judged rather than inferred from wording similarity, and the ones that failed review are published too. See the coverage reports and what was rejected.

Other controls in PE - Physical and Environmental Protection

You are reading one control. How much of FedRAMP High have you already done?

FedRAMP High PE-3 is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of FedRAMP High your existing evidence covers. Hold C5 (Germany) and 119 of 410 FedRAMP High controls already carry evidence.

Each report names every control your existing framework evidences, every one it does not, the reasoning behind each claim, and the claims that were argued against and rejected. 6 were rejected on the C5 (Germany) pair alone.

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