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.

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This control maps to 48 controls across 19 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 Appropriate facility entry controls are in place to restrict physical access to systems in the CDE
  • 9.2.1.1 Individual physical access to sensitive areas within the CDE is monitored with either video cameras or physical access control mechanisms (or both) as follows: • Entry and exit points to/from sensitive areas within the
  • 9.3.1 Procedures are implemented for authorizing and managing physical access of personnel to the CDE, including: • Identifying personnel. • Managing changes to an individual's physical access requirements. • Revoking or terminating personnel identification. •
  • 9.3.2 Procedures are implemented for authorizing and managing visitor access to the CDE, including: • Visitors are authorized before entering. • Visitors are escorted at all times. • Visitors are clearly identified and given a
  • 9.3.3 Visitor badges or identification are surrendered or deactivated before visitors leave the facility or at the date of expiration
  • 9.5.1 POI device protection

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 5 controls

  • NIST800-AU-2 Event logging
  • NIST800-PE-16 Delivery and Removal. Authorize and control [organization-defined] entering and exiting the facility; and Maintain records of the system components
  • NIST800-PE-3 Physical access control
  • NIST800-PE-6 Monitoring physical access
  • SP800-53-PE Physical and Environmental Protection Family

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

SOC 2 · 1 control

  • SOC2-CC6.4 Restricts physical access to facilities and protected information assets (for example, data center facilities, back-up media storage, and other sensitive locations) to authorized personnel to meet the entity's objectives

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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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