PE-18: LOCATION OF INFORMATION SYSTEM COMPONENTS

TAILORED FOR INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS

• ISC Control Baseline:

• High

The organization positions information system components within the facility to minimize potential damage from [Assignment: organization-defined physical and environmental hazards] and to minimize the opportunity for unauthorized access.

SUPPLEMENTAL GUIDANCE

Physical and environmental hazards include, for example, flooding, fire, tornados, earthquakes, hurricanes, acts of terrorism, vandalism, electromagnetic pulse, electrical interference, and other forms of incoming electromagnetic radiation. In addition, organizations consider the location of physical entry points where unauthorized individuals, while not being granted access, might nonetheless be in close proximity to information systems and therefore increase the potential for unauthorized access to organizational communications (e.g., through the use of wireless sniffers or microphones).

CONTROL ENHANCEMENTS

PE-18 (1) LOCATION OF INFORMATION SYSTEM COMPONENTS | FACILITY SITE

NOT SELECTED FOR THE NIST ISC CONTROL SET

The organization plans the location or site of the facility where the information system resides with regard to physical and environmental hazards and for existing facilities, considers the physical and environmental hazards in its risk mitigation strategy.

Supplemental Guidance: NONE

• PM-8 — PROGRAM MANAGEMENT | CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN

REFERENCES:

• NIST Special Publication 800-82 | GUIDE TO INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS (ICS) SECURITY