Topic

Physical access to systems

Applicable to

Official, Protected, Secret, Top Secret

History

Priority

must

Sep 2023

Systems are secured in facilities that meet the requirements for a security zone suitable for their classification.

References to sensitive and classified systems or data, where it now only relates to classified systems or data (i.e. OFFICIAL: Sensitive and above), have been replaced with references to classified systems or data.

Dec 2021

Systems are secured in facilities that meet the requirements for a security zone suitable for their sensitivity or classification.

Miscellaneous changes were made to rationale and security controls throughout the publication. This included:

• A review from the Using the Information Security Manual chapter through to the Guidelines for Media chapter.

• Security controls suitable for all audiences have been identified with the ‘All’ applicability marking while additional security controls suitable for just government audiences have been identified with the O, P, S and TS applicability markings.

• Security controls suitable for specific classifications have been amended to include their classification(s) in the wording of the security controls to reduce the reliance on applicability markings to confer suitability.

• Tables in security controls have been converted into prose to allow for inclusion in the SSP annex template and the XML list of security controls.

• The use of ‘official’ and ‘highly classified’ terminology has been replaced with specific classifications to remove ambiguity.

• Security controls relating to high assurance ICT equipment have had their applicability narrowed to ‘S, TS’ reflecting that they are intended for the protection of SECRET and TOP SECRET systems and data.

2017

Agencies must ensure that any facility containing a system, including deployable systems, iscertified and accredited in accordance with the requirements of the Australian GovernmentPhysical Security Management Protocol.

Control Text Changed. No public explaination.

2015

Agencies must ensure that any facility containing a system, including deployable systems,is certified and accredited against the requirements in the Australian Government PhysicalSecurity Management Protocol.

2010

Agencies must ensure any facility containing a system or its associated infrastructure, including deployablesystems, is certified against minimum physical security requirements in the Physical Security Protocol ofthe PSPF.