PE.L2-3.10.3
Escort Visitors [CUI Data]
Source and approval
CMMC Assessment Guide — Level 2 · Revision 2.13
Publisher approved · Complete cited source edition 2026-10-31
Read the official guideSee PE.L2-3.10.3 in the reference catalog with its NIST cross-references
Official requirement
Escort visitors and monitor visitor activity.
Assessment objectives
a. visitors are escorted; and
b. visitor activity is monitored.
Implementation guidance
Editorial examples to help you plan. Adapt them to your environment; the official requirement and objectives remain authoritative.
In plain language
Escort visitors and monitor their activities.
Implementation example
Example from the source assessment guide (not a mandatory implementation): Coming back from a meeting, you see the friend of a coworker walking down the hallway near your office. You know this person well and trust them, but are not sure why they are in the building. You stop to talk, and the person explains that they are meeting a coworker for lunch, but cannot remember where the lunchroom is. You walk the person back to the reception area to get a visitor badge and wait until someone can escort them to the lunch room [a]. You report this incident and the company decides to install a badge reader at the main door so visitors cannot enter without an escort [a].
Evidence examples
Examples suggested by the source guide (not an exhaustive or mandatory checklist): Physical and environmental protection policy; procedures addressing physical access control; system security plan; physical access control logs or records; inventory records of physical access control devices; system entry and exit points; records of key and lock combination changes; storage locations for physical access control devices; physical access control devices; list of security safeguards controlling access to designated publicly accessible areas within facility; other relevant documents or records
Common mistakes
Issuing a visitor badge while allowing unmonitored access to protected areas.