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Physical Environment Policy Template

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Summary

Defines physical security requirements for protecting offices, data centers, hosted IT facilities, personnel, assets, and equipment. Covers facility access, badges, visitors, surveillance, environmental safeguards, deliveries, clear-desk practices, remote work, vendors, and incident reporting.

Purpose

This policy establishes the standards for protecting the organization's physical environments, including offices, data centers, and any third-party-hosted IT facilities-by ensuring access is limited to authorized personnel and that physical security controls are consistently applied and maintained.

Scope

This policy applies to all employees, contractors, vendors, and visitors who require access to the organization's facilities, including internal office spaces and any external facilities used to host IT infrastructure.

Framework Mapping

Appendix A includes mappings to common security and compliance frameworks for this template.
ISO/IEC 27002:2022
7.1 Physical Security Perimeter7.2 Physical Entry Controls
SOC 2 TSC
CC6.7: Physical safeguardsCC6.8: Infrastructure protections
NIST CSF v2.0
PR.AC-2: Physical accessPR.PT-3: Physical protections
NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5
PE-2: Physical Access AuthorizationsPE-3: Physical Access Control

Complete table of contents

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  1. 1. Purpose
  2. 2. Scope
  3. 3. Policy Statement
  4. 3.1 General
  5. 3.2 Access Management
  6. 3.2.1 Request
  7. 3.2.2 Revoking
  8. 3.2.3 Reviews
  9. 3.3 Visitor Management
  10. 3.4 Securing Assets
  11. 3.5 Environmental and Facility Controls
  12. 3.6 Vendor Hosting Environment Controls
  13. 3.7 Monitoring, Testing, and Security Coordination
  14. 4. Roles and Responsibilities
  15. 5. References and Related Policies
  16. 6. Definitions
  17. 7. Policy Exceptions
  18. 8. Compliance and Monitoring
  19. 9. Policy Review
  20. Appendix A: Framework Control Mapping
  21. Appendix B: Revision History
  22. Appendix C: Approvals

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