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id: "PE-03(03)" title: "Continuous Guards" family: "PE" family_name: "Physical and Environmental Protection" sort_id: "pe-03.03" priority: "P2" implementation_level: "organization" parent: "PE-03" enhancement: True

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Statement

Employ guards to control {{ insert: param, pe-03.03_odp }} to the facility where the system resides 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.

Guidance

Employing guards at selected physical access points to the facility provides a more rapid response capability for organizations. Guards also provide the opportunity for human surveillance in areas of the facility not covered by video surveillance.

Assessment Objective

guards are employed to control {{ insert: param, pe-03.03_odp }} to the facility where the system resides 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.

Physical and environmental protection policy

procedures addressing physical access control

physical access control logs or records

physical access control devices

facility surveillance records

facility layout documentation

system entry and exit points

system security plan

other relevant documents or records

Organizational personnel with physical access control responsibilities

organizational personnel with information security responsibilities

Organizational processes for physical access control to the facility where the system resides

mechanisms supporting and/or implementing physical access control for the facility where the system resides