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PE-23

Physical and Environmental ProtectionRev 5organization

Facility Location

Control Statement

a. Plan the location or site of the facility where the system resides considering physical and environmental hazards; and b. For existing facilities, consider the physical and environmental hazards in the organizational risk management strategy.

Supplemental Guidance

Physical and environmental hazards include floods, fires, tornadoes, earthquakes, hurricanes, terrorism, vandalism, an electromagnetic pulse, electrical interference, and other forms of incoming electromagnetic radiation. The location of system components within the facility is addressed in [PE-18](#pe-18).

Related Controls (6)

CP-2PE-18PE-19PM-8PM-9RA-3

CCI Identifiers (2)

CCI-004272For existing facilities, consider the physical and environmental hazards in the organizational risk management strategy.CCI-004271Plan the location or site of the facility where the system resides considering physical and environmental hazards.

Linked STIG Checks (0)

No STIG checks reference this control.