ISO 27002:2022
Physical controls – ISO 27002:2022

ISO 27002:2022 7.5: Protecting against physical and environmental threats

The organization is to design and implement protection for its infrastructure against natural disasters and other physical or environmental hazards, whether deliberate or accidental. Purpose: prevent events arising from physical and environmental threats, or lessen their consequences. Guidance: assess the risks from such threats before critical operations start at a site and at regular intervals afterwards, put the necessary safeguards in place and watch for changes in threats. Obtain specialist advice on handling hazards including fire, flooding, earthquakes, explosions, civil disorder, toxic waste or emissions, and other disasters of natural or human origin. The location and construction of premises should account for local topography (elevation, nearby water, tectonic faults) and urban threats (places likely to attract political unrest, crime or terrorism). Based on the risk assessment, consider controls such as: early fire detection that raises alarms or triggers suppression to protect storage media and systems, using the suppressant best suited to the setting (for example gas in enclosed spaces); early flood detection beneath floors of areas holding media or systems, with pumps or similar readily available; protection of servers and client systems against power surges; and random checks of people, vehicles and goods entering sensitive facilities for explosives or weapons. Other information: safes and secure storage protect contents against fire, earthquake, flood or explosion; crime prevention through environmental design can turn features like statues or water features into barriers instead of bollards.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 46 controls across 16 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 9 controls

FedRAMP High · 6 controls

  • CP-6(1) Alternate Storage Site | Separation from Primary Site (CP-6(1))
  • PE-13 Fire Protection
  • PE-13(1) Fire Protection | Detection Systems: Automatic Activation and Notification (PE-13(1))
  • PE-13(2) Fire Protection | Suppression Systems: Automatic Activation and Notification (PE-13(2))
  • PE-14 Environmental Controls
  • PE-15 Water Damage Protection (PE-15)

FedRAMP Moderate · 6 controls

  • CP-6(1) Alternate Storage Site | Separation from Primary Site (CP-6(1))
  • PE-13 Fire Protection
  • PE-13(1) Fire Protection | Detection Systems: Automatic Activation and Notification (PE-13(1))
  • PE-13(2) Fire Protection | Suppression Systems: Automatic Activation and Notification (PE-13(2))
  • PE-14 Environmental Controls
  • PE-15 Water Damage Protection (PE-15)

CMMC 2.0 · 4 controls

PCI DSS 4.0 · 4 controls

  • 9.2.1 9.2.1 Facility entry controls for CDE systems
  • 9.2.1.1 9.2.1.1 Monitoring of entry to sensitive areas
  • 9.3.1 9.3.1 Personnel physical access procedures for the CDE
  • 9.4.1.2 9.4.1.2 Annual review of offline backup location security

C5 (Germany) · 3 controls

  • C5-PS-01 Physical Security and Environmental Control Requirements
  • C5-PS-05 Protection from fire and smoke
  • C5-PS-06 Protection against interruptions caused by power failures and other such risks

ISO 27701:2019 · 3 controls

  • 6.8 Physical and environmental security
  • 6.8.1 Secure areas
  • 6.8.2 Equipment

SOC 2 · 2 controls

  • SOC2-A1.2 A1.2 Environmental protection, backup and recovery infrastructure
  • SOC2-CC6.4 CC6.4 Restricting physical access to facilities and assets
  • B.7.2.3 B.7.2.3 Architectural design of the monitoring facility
  • CFTC-SS-6 Physical Security and Environmental Controls Category

ISO 27001:2022 · 1 control

  • 7.5 Protecting against physical and environmental threats

MTCS (Singapore) · 1 control

  • 18.6 Environmental threats and equipment power failures

NIS2 Directive · 1 control

  • Art.21.1 Take proportionate all-hazards measures calibrated to the entity's own risk exposure
  • NIST-CSF-PR.IR-02 The organization's technology assets are protected from environmental threats
  • TSA-SD-16 Physical security of cyber assets

Every mapping shown was judged rather than inferred from wording similarity, and the ones that failed review are published too. See the coverage reports and what was rejected.

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