# ISO/IEC 27001:2022 A.7.6 — Working in secure areas

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- Last updated: 2026-06-05
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**ISO/IEC 27001:2022**·Annex A `A.7.6`·medium·Component: **Physical controls**

## What this control requires

> Security measures for working in secure areas shall be designed and implemented.
> 
> — ISO/IEC 27001:2022, Annex A A.7.6

### In plain English

Security measures for working in secure areas shall be designed and implemented. In practice, this means you can prove you policy 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.7.6) and look for objective evidence on the latest two assessment cycles.

## How to implement

#### Policy Management

**Docs.** Keep each policy in version-controlled Markdown alongside the code that implements it; ship a signed PDF snapshot at each annual review and link the SHA into the SoA.

### Operational checklist

-   **Policy.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence.
-   **Management.** 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.
-   **Security.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence.
-   **Scope:** management, secure areas, security.

## Evidence to collect

-   **Policy Document.** A signed and version-controlled policy / standard / procedure document.

Signed policy or standard documents the safeguard. Focus: Working in secure areas.

## Common pitfalls

-   Policies that no engineer has read; the version in Confluence drifts from the version that's actually being enforced.

## 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.

-   [**HIPAA (45 CFR Part 164) 164.308(a)(5)(i)** — Security Awareness and Training](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/hipaa/164-308-a-5-i-security-awareness-and-training)
-   [**NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 3 3.12.1** — Security Assessment](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/nist-sp-800-171-rev-3/3-12-1-security-assessment)
-   [**BSI C5:2020 SP-01** — Documentation, communication and provision of policies and instructions](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/bsi-c5-2020/sp-01-documentation-communication-and-provision-of-policies-and-instructions)
-   [**SOC 2 (2017 TSC) CC2.3** — External Communication on Internal Control Matters](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/soc-2-trust-services-criteria/cc2-3-external-communication-on-internal-control-matters)
-   [**NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 SA-8(17)** — Secure Distributed Composition](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/nist-sp-800-53-rev-5/sa-8-17-secure-distributed-composition)

## Related controls in ISO/IEC 27001:2022

-   [**Annex A A.7.3** — Securing offices, rooms and facilities](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27001-2022/a-7-3-securing-offices-rooms-and-facilities)
-   [**Annex A A.7.8** — Equipment siting and protection](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27001-2022/a-7-8-equipment-siting-and-protection)
-   [**Annex A A.7.12** — Cabling security](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27001-2022/a-7-12-cabling-security)
-   [**Annex A A.7.14** — Secure disposal or re-use of equipment](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27001-2022/a-7-14-secure-disposal-or-re-use-of-equipment)
-   [**Annex A A.5.1** — Policies for information security](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27001-2022/a-5-1-policies-for-information-security)
-   [**Annex A A.5.4** — Management responsibilities](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27001-2022/a-5-4-management-responsibilities)

## References

-   [ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27 — ISO/IEC 27001:2022](https://www.iso.org/standard/27001)
-   Catalogue identifier: `Annex A A.7.6`

Topics: governance riskpolicy management

## 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.