Environmental Monitoring
What is Environmental Monitoring?
Continuous surveillance of environmental conditions such as temperature, humidity, water presence, and air quality in data centers and server rooms.
Terms that appear alongside environmental monitoring
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as environmental monitoring. The number is how many controls name both.
- redundancy 3 shared controls
- fire suppression 3 shared controls
- physical security 3 shared controls
- sampling 2 shared controls
- iso 22301 2 shared controls
- resilience 2 shared controls
- soc 2 2 shared controls
- iso 22000 2 shared controls
Frameworks that govern environmental monitoring
What the standards actually require on environmental monitoring
Requirements naming environmental monitoring across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
FSSC 22000 v6 scheme structure (published April 2023; effective 1 April 2024). THE SCHEME IS THE INTEGRATED COMBINATION OF: (a) ISO 22000:2018 Food Safety Management Systems - Requirements for any organization in the food chain (the underlying ISO FSMS standar...
FSSC-Scheme-Structure · FSSC 22000 v6 Scheme Structure - ISO 22000 + ISO/TS 22002 + Additional Requirements →Per PIC/S GMP Chapter 3: premises + equipment. Requirements include (a) implement Premises Design appropriate to operations + cleanable + minimising contamination + cross-contamination + mix-up + (b) implement Equipment Qualification including Design + Install...
PICSGMP-3 · Chapter 3: Premises and Equipment - Design, Qualification, Calibration →Adequate ventilation must be provided. Air filtration systems with HEPA filters where appropriate must be used to control contamination, with environmental monitoring of pressure, temperature, humidity.
211.46 · Ventilation, Air Filtration, Air Heating and Cooling →Implement cleaning schedules with validated cleaning instructions and verified effectiveness through environmental monitoring.
BRCGS-4.11 · Housekeeping and Hygiene →Data centers and facilities housing sensitive systems implement physical access controls, environmental monitoring, and surveillance.
IS-V.C.1 · Physical and Environmental Security →Requires facilities that enable correct performance of laboratory activities including environmental monitoring and controls.
ISO-17025-6.3 · Facilities and environmental conditions →Questions people ask about environmental monitoring
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