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DS12.4 - Protection Against Environmental Factors

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Protection Against Environmental Factors

Design and implement measures for protection against environmental factors. Install specialised equipment and devices to monitor and control the environment.

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  • Identification of all potential environmental threats to the IT facilities
  • Prevention or timely detection of environmental threats
  • Reduced risk of claims against insurance companies being rejected for non-compliance with the requirements of insurance policies, and minimised insurance premiums
  • Appropriate protection against environmental factors
  Risk Drivers
  • Facilities exposed to environmental impacts
  • Inadequate environmental threat detection
  • Inadequate measures for environmental threat protection

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  1. Establish and maintain a process to identify natural and man-made disasters that might occur in the area within which the IT facilities are located. Assess the potential effect on the IT facilities.
  2. Define and implement a policy that identifies how IT equipment, including mobile and offsite equipment, is protected against environmental threats. The policy should limit or exclude eating, drinking and smoking in sensitive areas, and prohibit storage of stationery and other supplies posing a fire hazard within computer rooms.
  3. Situate and construct IT facilities to minimise and mitigate susceptibility to environmental threats.
  4. Define and implement a process to regularly monitor and maintain devices that proactively detect environmental threats (e.g., fire, water, smoke, humidity).
  5. Define and implement procedures to respond to environmental alarms and other notifications. Document and test procedures, which should include prioritisation of alarms and contact with local emergency response authorities, and train personnel in these procedures.
  6. Compare measures and contingency plans against insurance policy requirements, and report results. Address points of non-compliance in a timely manner.
  7. Ensure that IT sites are built and designed to minimise the impact of environmental risks (e.g., theft, air, fire, smoke, water, vibration, terror, vandalism, chemicals, explosives). Consider specific security zones and/or fireproof cells (e.g., locating production and development environments/servers away from each other).
  8. Keep the IT sites and server rooms clean and in a safe condition at all time, i.e., no mess, no paper or cardboard boxes, no filled dustbins, no flammable chemicals or materials.

 

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