# PE-8 — Visitor Access Records

- **Control ID:** PE-8
- **Family:** [PE](/md/families/PE.md)
- **Baselines:** low, moderate, high
- **Enhancement of:** No content available.

## Description

Maintain visitor access records to the facility where the system resides for \[assignment\]; Review visitor access records \[assignment\] ; and Report anomalies in visitor access records to \[assignment\].

## Discussion

Visitor access records include the names and organizations of individuals visiting, visitor signatures, forms of identification, dates of access, entry and departure times, purpose of visits, and the names and organizations of individuals visited. Access record reviews determine if access authorizations are current and are still required to support organizational mission and business functions. Access records are not required for publicly accessible areas.

## Implementation guidance

No content available.

## CSF 2.0 subcategories

- [PR.AA-06](/md/csf/PR.AA-06.md) — Physical access to assets is managed, monitored, and enforced commensurate with risk

## Related controls

- [PE-2](/md/controls/PE-2.md)
- [PE-3](/md/controls/PE-3.md)
- [PE-6](/md/controls/PE-6.md)

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