CC6.4: Physical access

Physical access to places where systems and data live (data centers, offices, home offices) is restricted to authorized people and removed when no longer needed.

Category: Security (common criteria, required in every SOC 2 report) · Series: CC6 (Logical and physical access controls) · TSC 2017 (2022 points of focus)

That summary is Policyseed’s own paraphrase, written to be read next to the policy sections below. The authoritative wording is the AICPA’s Trust Services Criteria, which the CPA firm tests your controls against during the examination.

Policies that address CC6.4

The Policyseed crosswalk points CC6.4 at one policy. Each link opens the full sample text at the section an auditor would read. Section 4 holds the statements management commits to; section 5 holds the procedures that produce evidence.

P21 Physical and Remote Work Security Policy, section 4 (Policy Statements). Owner: IT/Operations Lead.

Evidence examples for CC6.4

Artifacts a company of 5 to 200 people can realistically produce. The Audit Kit’s evidence checklist lists them per policy with an owner column so each one has a name against it before the examination.

Cloud provider SOC 2 Type II report (or bridge letter) covering data center physical security
Office access badge or key holder list reconciled against the HR roster
Remote work security statement acknowledged by remote staff

Related criteria in CC6 (Logical and physical access controls)

Previous: CC6.3 Role-based access and least privilege. Next: CC6.5 Disposal of physical assets. All 38 criteria are listed on the template index.

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