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PE-5(2) PE · Physical and Environmental Protection

Link to Individual Identity

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Requirements NIST SOURCE

Link individual identity to receipt of output from output devices.

Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)

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.

Implementation Guidance

Engineering Interpretation

Original engineering commentary written for this explorer — not NIST source text and not authoritative guidance.

No engineering interpretation has been authored for PE-5(2) 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

NIST SP 800-53A REV 5.2.0

Assessment Objectives

  1. individual identity is linked to the receipt of output from output devices.

Examine

[SELECT FROM: Physical and environmental protection policy; procedures addressing physical access control; system design documentation; system configuration settings and associated documentation; 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 audit records; system security plan; privacy plan; privacy impact assessment; privacy risk assessment documentation; other relevant documents or records].

Interview

[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with physical access control responsibilities; organizational personnel with information security and privacy responsibilities; system/network administrators; system developers].

Test

[SELECT FROM: Organizational processes for access control to output devices; mechanisms supporting and/or implementing access control to output devices].

Overlays

Showing the OT/ICS overlay for the parent control PE-5 — see the PE-5(2) entries within each baseline below.

OT/ICS Overlay SP 800-82r3

NIST SP 800-82r3 Appendix F, Table 22. Blank baseline means the control/control enhancement is not selected in that initial OT baseline.

LOW

Not applicable at this tier.

MODERATE

  • Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)

HIGH

  • Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)

STIGs & CCIs

No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for PE-5(2). 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.

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Evidence

Potential Evidence — Derived

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
  • privacy plan

Configuration

  • system design documentation
  • system configuration settings and associated documentation

Testing

  • Organizational processes for access control to output devices
  • mechanisms supporting and/or implementing access control to output devices

Other Records

  • procedures addressing physical access control
  • 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 audit records
  • privacy impact assessment
  • privacy risk assessment documentation
  • other relevant documents or records