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Environmental Control

What is Environmental Control?

Systems that maintain optimal environmental conditions in facilities housing IT equipment, including temperature, humidity, and air quality management.

Information Security

Frameworks that govern environmental control

ISO 27001:2022View framework →NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0View framework →CIS Controls v8View framework →

What the standards actually require on environmental control

Requirements naming environmental control across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

FedRAMP High2 controls

Maintain temperature and humidity within FedRAMP-defined acceptable levels; monitor at FedRAMP frequency.

PE-14 · Environmental Controls →
C5 (Germany)1 control

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 →
CFTC System Safeguards (17 CFR 37, 38, 39, 49)1 control

Address physical security and environmental controls within the program, covering physical access and monitoring, power, telecommunication and environmental controls, and fire protection.

CFTC-SS-6 · Physical Security and Environmental Controls Category →
FedRAMP Moderate1 control

Maintain temperature and humidity within FedRAMP-defined acceptable levels; monitor at FedRAMP frequency.

PE-14 · Environmental Controls →
NIST SP 800-53 Rev 51 control

Requires environmental levels such as temperature, humidity, pressure, radiation or other organization-defined parameters to be held within defined acceptable ranges in the facility housing the system, and monitored at an organization-defined frequency.

NIST800-PE-14 · Environmental controls →
NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 LOW1 control

Maintain temperature and humidity within FedRAMP-defined acceptable levels; monitor at FedRAMP frequency.

PE-14 · Environmental Controls →

Questions people ask about environmental control

What is Environmental Control?
Systems that maintain optimal environmental conditions in facilities housing IT equipment, including temperature, humidity, and air quality management.
Why is Environmental Control important for compliance?
Environmental Control is a key concept in Information Security. Understanding environmental control helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Environmental Control?
Environmental Control appears in the requirement text of FedRAMP High, C5 (Germany), CFTC System Safeguards (17 CFR 37, 38, 39, 49), FedRAMP Moderate, NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5. Across these standards we have identified 7 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Environmental Control?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how environmental control applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

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Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.