Access Control for Output Devices
LOW ✓ MODERATE ✓ HIGHRequirements NIST SOURCE
Control physical access to output from [output devices] to prevent unauthorized individuals from obtaining the output.
Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)
Controlling physical access to output devices includes placing output devices in locked rooms or other secured areas with keypad or card reader access controls and allowing access to authorized individuals only, placing output devices in locations that can be monitored by personnel, installing monitor or screen filters, and using headphones. Examples of output devices include monitors, printers, scanners, audio devices, facsimile machines, and copiers.
Enhancements NIST SOURCE
PE-5(1) Access to Output by Authorized Individuals WITHDRAWN
Withdrawn. Incorporated into PE-5.
PE-5(2) Link to Individual Identity LOW MODERATE HIGH
Link individual identity to receipt of output from output devices.
Discussion
Methods for linking individual identity to the receipt of output from output devices include installing security functionality on facsimile machines, copiers, and printers. Such functionality allows organizations to implement authentication on output devices prior to the release of output to individuals.
PE-5(3) Marking Output Devices WITHDRAWN
Withdrawn. Incorporated into PE-22.
Implementation Guidance
Original engineering commentary written for this explorer — not NIST source text and not authoritative guidance.
No engineering interpretation has been authored for PE-5 yet. This section is architected to receive it — see the Requirements and Assessment sections above for the authoritative NIST source content in the meantime.
Assessment
Assessment Objectives
- output devices that require physical access control to output are defined;
- physical access to output from <PE-05_ODP output devices> is controlled to prevent unauthorized individuals from obtaining the output.
Examine
[SELECT FROM: Physical and environmental protection policy; procedures addressing access control for display medium; facility layout of system components; actual displays from system components; list of output devices and associated outputs requiring physical access controls; physical access control logs or records for areas containing output devices and related outputs; system security plan; other relevant documents or records].
Interview
[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with physical access control responsibilities; organizational personnel with information security responsibilities].
Test
[SELECT FROM: Organizational processes for access control to output devices; mechanisms supporting and/or implementing access control to output devices].
Overlays
STIGs & CCIs
No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for PE-5. This section is architected to display, per product: STIG ID, Finding ID, Severity, Title, Description, Check, Fix, CCI, and NIST control mapping — but nothing is populated here until a real DISA STIG/CCI dataset is ingested.
Learn more about STIG/CCI integration →Evidence
Categorized from the SP 800-53A "Examine"/"Test" artifact list above by keyword — not an authoritative NIST evidence list.
Policy
- Physical and environmental protection policy
- system security plan
Testing
- Organizational processes for access control to output devices
- mechanisms supporting and/or implementing access control to output devices
Other Records
- procedures addressing access control for display medium
- facility layout of system components
- actual displays from system components
- list of output devices and associated outputs requiring physical access controls
- physical access control logs or records for areas containing output devices and related outputs
- other relevant documents or records