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PE-8(1) PE · Physical and Environmental Protection

Automated Records Maintenance and Review

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Requirements NIST SOURCE

Maintain and review visitor access records using [organization-defined automated mechanisms].

Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)

Visitor access records may be stored and maintained in a database management system that is accessible by organizational personnel. Automated access to such records facilitates record reviews on a regular basis to determine if access authorizations are current and still required to support organizational mission and business functions.

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-8(1) 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. automated mechanisms used to maintain visitor access records are defined;
  2. automated mechanisms used to review visitor access records are defined;
  3. visitor access records are maintained using <PE-08(01)_ODP[01] automated mechanisms>;
  4. visitor access records are reviewed using <PE-08(01)_ODP[02] automated mechanisms>.

Examine

[SELECT FROM: Physical and environmental protection policy; procedures addressing visitor access records; automated mechanisms supporting management of visitor access records; visitor access control logs or records; system security plan; privacy plan; other relevant documents or records].

Interview

[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with visitor access record responsibilities; organizational personnel with information security and privacy responsibilities].

Test

[SELECT FROM: Organizational processes for maintaining and reviewing visitor access records; automated mechanisms supporting and/or implementing the maintenance and review of visitor access records].

Overlays

Showing the OT/ICS overlay for the parent control PE-8 — see the PE-8(1) 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)

HIGH

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

STIGs & CCIs

No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for PE-8(1). 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 maintaining and reviewing visitor access records
  • automated mechanisms supporting and/or implementing the maintenance and review of visitor access records

Other Records

  • procedures addressing visitor access records
  • automated mechanisms supporting management of visitor access records
  • visitor access control logs or records
  • other relevant documents or records