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PE-6(3) PE · Physical and Environmental Protection

Video Surveillance

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Requirements NIST SOURCE

Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)

Video surveillance focuses on recording activity in specified areas for the purposes of subsequent review, if circumstances so warrant. Video recordings are typically reviewed to detect anomalous events or incidents. Monitoring the surveillance video is not required, although organizations may choose to do so. There may be legal considerations when performing and retaining video surveillance, especially if such surveillance is in a public location.

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-6(3) 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. operational areas where video surveillance is to be employed are defined;
  2. frequency at which to review video recordings is defined;
  3. time period for which to retain video recordings is defined;
  4. video surveillance of <PE-06(03)_ODP[01] operational areas> is employed;
  5. video recordings are reviewed <PE-06(03)_ODP[02] frequency>;
  6. video recordings are retained for <PE-06(03)_ODP[03] time period>.

Examine

[SELECT FROM: Physical and environmental protection policy; procedures addressing physical access monitoring; video surveillance equipment used to monitor operational areas; video recordings of operational areas where video surveillance is employed; video surveillance equipment logs or 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 monitoring responsibilities; organizational personnel with information security and privacy responsibilities].

Test

[SELECT FROM: Organizational processes for monitoring physical access; mechanisms supporting and/or implementing physical access monitoring; mechanisms supporting and/or implementing video surveillance].

Overlays

Showing the OT/ICS overlay for the parent control PE-6 — see the PE-6(3) 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

  • Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)

MODERATE

  • Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)
  • Included: (1)
  • Added: (4)

HIGH

  • Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)
  • Included: (1) (4)

STIGs & CCIs

No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for PE-6(3). 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

Testing

  • Organizational processes for monitoring physical access
  • mechanisms supporting and/or implementing physical access monitoring
  • mechanisms supporting and/or implementing video surveillance

Other Records

  • procedures addressing physical access monitoring
  • video surveillance equipment used to monitor operational areas
  • video recordings of operational areas where video surveillance is employed
  • video surveillance equipment logs or records
  • privacy impact assessment
  • privacy risk assessment documentation
  • other relevant documents or records