NIST SP 800-171 Rev 2 · 3.10 Physical Protection
3.10.2 Protect and monitor the facility
Protect and monitor the physical facility and support infrastructure for organizational systems.
- SPRS weight
- 5
- 5 points deducted from 110 when not implemented.
- CMMC level
- L2
- Level 2 only; not among the 17 Level 1 practices.
- Assessment objectives
- 4
- From NIST SP 800-171A, each one a “determine if” an assessor answers.
What an assessor checks
NIST SP 800-171A breaks 3.10.2 into 4 objectives. Every one has to be met for the requirement to be met; a partial answer scores as not implemented.
- [a]Determine if the physical facility where that system resides is protected.
- [b]Determine if the support infrastructure for that system is protected.
- [c]Determine if the physical facility where that system resides is monitored.
- [d]Determine if the support infrastructure for that system is monitored.
- Examine
- [SELECT FROM: Physical and environmental protection policy; procedures addressing physical access monitoring; security plan; physical access logs or records; physical access monitoring records; physical access log reviews; other relevant documents or records].
- Interview
- [SELECT FROM: Personnel with physical access monitoring responsibilities; personnel with incident response responsibilities; personnel with information security responsibilities].
- Test
- [SELECT FROM: Organizational processes for monitoring physical access; mechanisms supporting or implementing physical access monitoring; mechanisms supporting or implementing the review of physical access logs].
If it is open: POA&M eligibility
Not POA&M-eligible: above the 1-point ceiling · 5 points deducted
Worth 5 points. No requirement over 1 point may appear on a Level 2 POA&M, so this has to be closed before the assessment.
A POA&M is only permitted at a score of 88 or above, and closes in one 180-day window. Check a full gap list or compute your score.
Where 3.10.2 maps
NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5
- PE-1 Physical and Environmental Protection Policy
- PE-6 Monitoring Physical Access
- PE-12 Emergency Lighting
- PE-13 Fire Protection
- PE-14 Temperature and Humidity Controls
- PE-15 Water Damage Protection
- PE-19 Information Leakage
- PE-21 Electromagnetic Emanations
NIST CSF 2.0
- Physical access is managed Physical Environment
SOC 2
No direct mapping.
Query it from your own tools
This page and the MacTech CMMC MCP server render the same dataset. Ask your assistant and it will answer from the methodology, not from memory.
lookup_control 3.10.2 get_assessment_objectives 3.10.2 generate_poam_entries ["3.10.2"]
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