Environmental Control
What is Environmental Control?
Systems that maintain optimal environmental conditions in facilities housing IT equipment, including temperature, humidity, and air quality management.
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What the standards actually require on environmental control
Requirements naming environmental control across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Provide [Assignment: organization-defined personnel or roles] with initial and [Assignment: organization-defined frequency] training in the employment and operation of environmental controls.
NIST800-AT-3(1) · AT-3(1) Role-based Training | Environmental Controls →The bank monitors breaches of environmental controls, including temperature, water, smoke, access alarms, power, telecommunication and server availability alerts, and access logs.
rbi-cybersecurity-framework-for-banks::61 · Para 61: monitoring of environmental control breaches and access logs →Maintain HVAC levels in the facility at the levels the system manufacturers recommend and monitor the environmental controls continuously; applies to data centres.
fbi-cjis-security-policy::PE-14 · PE-14 Environmental Controls →Maintain temperature and humidity within FedRAMP-defined acceptable levels; monitor at FedRAMP frequency.
PE-14 · Environmental Controls →Environmental controls protect information and assets in every location from temperature, humidity and flooding, and building management systems that control them are assessed for single points of failure and sensor or remote-management weaknesses.
uk-onr-cyber-security-and-information-assurance-csia-for-nuclear-facilities::7.4-ENV · Environmental controls and power →Derive documented physical and environmental security requirements for all premises and data centres from risk assessment and identified protection needs, addressing planning faults, intrusion, surveillance, climate control, fire, water, power and ventilation,...
C5-PS-01 · Physical Security and Environmental Control Requirements →Questions people ask about environmental control
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