03.10 Physical protection

Rev. 3 physical protection requirements: facility access lists, monitoring physical access, physical access control at entry and exit points, alternate work sites and protecting transmission lines.

03.10.01 Physical access authorizations

Keeping an approved list of people authorized to enter the facility where the system resides, issuing access credentials, reviewing the list at a defined frequency and removing people who no longer need access.

03.10.02 Monitoring physical access

Monitoring physical access to the facility to detect and respond to physical security incidents, and reviewing physical access logs at a defined frequency and after defined events.

03.10.06 Alternate work site

Deciding which alternate work sites, such as employees' homes, may be used and which security requirements apply at them.

03.10.07 Physical access control

Enforcing physical access at facility entry and exit points: verifying authorizations, controlling ingress and egress, access logs, visitor escorts, securing keys and combinations and controlling output devices. New in Rev. 3, it absorbs Rev. 2's 3.10.3, 3.10.4 and 3.10.5.

03.10.08 Access control for transmission

Controlling physical access to system distribution and transmission lines, such as cabling, jacks and wiring closets, inside organizational facilities; new in Rev. 3.

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