physical access control
nounid
3582·updated May 9, 2026verified
A mechanism, system, or barrier that prevents unauthorized physical access to an area or a facility.
MWE
Attested in
NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 - Protecting CUI in Nonfederal Systems
03.10.0703.10.07.a.203.10.07.e ¶ 1
Classifications
Entity Type
Control95%rule-basedr:entity.control.safeguard.v1
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- entry control
- plural
- physical access controls
- possessive
- physical access control's
- pluralpossessive
- physical access controls'
Framework definitions
- §1
- A mechanism, system, or barrier that prevents unauthorized physical access to an area or a facility.
- §1
- A mechanism, system, or barrier that prevents unauthorized physical access to an area or a facility.
- §1
- A mechanism, system, or barrier that prevents unauthorized physical access to an area or a facility.
- §1 · attested_usage_pack_match
- No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 3 citations in that document; a definition is pending curation.Increment 2: attested in 800-171r3 without a glossary definition.
- §1 · legacy_primary
- A mechanism, system, or barrier that prevents unauthorized physical access to an area or a facility.DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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