# ISO/IEC 27001:2022 A.7.2 — Physical entry

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- Last updated: 2026-06-05
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**ISO/IEC 27001:2022**·Annex A `A.7.2`·medium·Component: **Physical controls**

## What this control requires

> Secure areas shall be protected by appropriate entry controls and access points.
> 
> — ISO/IEC 27001:2022, Annex A A.7.2

### In plain English

Secure areas shall be protected by appropriate entry controls and access points. In practice, this means you can prove you management management-level controls on a defined cadence.

## Why it matters

ISO 27001 certification depends on showing each Annex A control is either implemented or explicitly justified for exclusion in the Statement of Applicability (SoA). Certification bodies sample controls during surveillance audits, and a missing SoA entry — or implementation that doesn't match the SoA wording — is a finding.

## What an auditor looks for

An ISO 27001 lead auditor looks for: (1) an SoA entry covering the control with justification, (2) a documented procedure or policy implementing it, (3) records that prove the procedure runs (logs, tickets, training records) and (4) management-review evidence that effectiveness is monitored.

Within **Physical controls**, the assessor will trace your implementation back to the catalogue reference (Annex A A.7.2) and look for objective evidence on the latest two assessment cycles.

## How to implement

#### Physical Security

**Inheritance.** For cloud-only operations, inherit physical controls from the provider's SOC 2 / ISO 27001 report and document the inheritance in the SoA.

### Operational checklist

-   **Management.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence.
-   **Identity.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence.
-   **Access.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence.
-   **Physical.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence.
-   **Secure.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence.
-   **Scope:** management, entry, secure areas, security.

## Evidence to collect

-   **Identity Scan.** IAM / IdP exports — Entra ID, Okta, IAM Identity Center, Workspace directory — showing accounts, roles, MFA state and last sign-in.

Identity analytics (Okta, SailPoint, Access Analyzer) demonstrates least-privilege. Focus: Physical entry.

## How it maps to other frameworks

Computed from shared tags, control component and key-operation subjects — handy when you are reconciling controls across an audit.

-   [**SOC 2 (2017 TSC) CC6.2** — Access Provisioning](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/soc-2-trust-services-criteria/cc6-2-access-provisioning)
-   [**NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 3 3.9.1** — Personnel Screening](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/nist-sp-800-171-rev-3/3-9-1-personnel-screening)
-   [**NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 PE-7** — Visitor Control](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/nist-sp-800-53-rev-5/pe-7-visitor-control)
-   [**BSI C5:2020 PS-04** — Physical site access control](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/bsi-c5-2020/ps-04-physical-site-access-control)
-   [**CIS Controls v8 9.2** — Use DNS Filtering Services](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/cis-controls-v8/9-2-use-dns-filtering-services)

## Related controls in ISO/IEC 27001:2022

-   [**Annex A A.5.15** — Access control](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27001-2022/a-5-15-access-control)
-   [**Annex A A.5.2** — Information security roles and responsibilities](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27001-2022/a-5-2-information-security-roles-and-responsibilities)
-   [**Annex A A.8.23** — Web filtering](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27001-2022/a-8-23-web-filtering)
-   [**Annex A A.5.16** — Identity management](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27001-2022/a-5-16-identity-management)
-   [**Annex A A.5.33** — Protection of records](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27001-2022/a-5-33-protection-of-records)
-   [**Annex A A.7.6** — Working in secure areas](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27001-2022/a-7-6-working-in-secure-areas)

## References

-   [ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27 — ISO/IEC 27001:2022](https://www.iso.org/standard/27001)
-   Catalogue identifier: `Annex A A.7.2`

Topics: identity accessidentity managementaccess reviewprivileged accessphysical security

## Related compliance guidance

- [ISO/IEC 27001:2022 compliance: a practical implementation guide](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27001-2022): Start with the full ISO 27001 implementation guide — scope, roadmap, evidence and how the assessment runs.
- [SOC 2 compliance: a practical implementation guide for cloud-native SaaS teams](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/soc-2-trust-services-criteria): Most companies that hold ISO 27001 also need a SOC 2 report for North American customers, and the two share most of their technical controls.