PE-18 Location of System Components
Review PE-18
1. Set its parameters
No parameters to set for PE-18.
2. Record its status
Position 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.
Discussion
Physical and environmental hazards include floods, fires, tornadoes, earthquakes, hurricanes, terrorism, vandalism, an electromagnetic pulse, electrical interference, and other forms of incoming electromagnetic radiation. Organizations consider the location of entry points where unauthorized individuals, while not being granted access, might nonetheless be near systems. Such proximity can increase the risk of unauthorized access to organizational communications using wireless packet sniffers or microphones, or unauthorized disclosure of information.
Enhancements
No Enhancements match this Baseline.
ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Crosswalk
* does not fully satisfy the intent of this control (per NIST's mapping notes).