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PE-04 Access Control for Transmission

NIST SP 800-53 (controls) 5.2.0 against 5.2.0
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Title

Access Control for Transmission

Control

Control physical access to [Assignment: system distribution and transmission lines] within organizational facilities using [Assignment: security controls].

Discussion

Security controls applied to system distribution and transmission lines prevent accidental damage, disruption, and physical tampering. Such controls may also be necessary to prevent eavesdropping or modification of unencrypted transmissions. Security controls used to control physical access to system distribution and transmission lines include disconnected or locked spare jacks, locked wiring closets, protection of cabling by conduit or cable trays, and wiretapping sensors.

Parameters

pe-04_odp.01: system distribution and transmission lines
pe-04_odp.02: security controls

Related controls

at-3, ia-4, mp-2, mp-4, pe-2, pe-3, pe-5, pe-9, sc-7, sc-8

Assessment objective

PE-04 physical access to [Assignment: system distribution and transmission lines] within organizational facilities is controlled using [Assignment: security controls].

STIG rules that implement this control 0

No followed STIG rule cites a CCI indexed to this control (CCI list 2026-07-14).