Annex A 7.3
Securing offices, rooms and facilities
Physical security for offices, rooms and facilities is designed and applied.
What an assessor looks for
Expect attention to rooms where sensitive discussion or processing happens, including whether they are identifiable from outside.
Where it usually fails
Sensitive areas are signposted, advertising their location to anyone who reaches the building.
Classification
- Theme
- A.7 Physical
- Control type
- Preventive
- Security properties
- Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability
- Cybersecurity concepts
- Protect
- ISO 27001:2013 equivalent
- 11.1.3
Control number and title are identifiers used as references. The classification above is our own analysis, aligned to the shape of the ISO 27002 attribute model rather than reproduced from it, and no text from the standard appears on this page. Last reviewed 2026-08-03.
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