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PES-07.6: Automation Support for Water Damage Protection

PES 5 — Medium Protect

Facility security mechanisms exist to detect the presence of water in the vicinity of critical systems and alert facility maintenance and IT personnel.

Control Question: Does the organization detect the presence of water in the vicinity of critical systems and alert facility maintenance and IT personnel?

General (7)
Framework Mapping Values
COBIT 2019 DSS01.04
GovRAMP High PE-15(01)
NIST 800-53 R4 PE-15(1)
NIST 800-53 R4 (high) PE-15(1)
NIST 800-53 R5 (source) PE-15(1)
NIST 800-53B R5 (high) (source) PE-15(1)
NIST 800-82 R3 HIGH OT Overlay PE-15(1)
US (4)
Framework Mapping Values
US FedRAMP R4 PE-15(1)
US FedRAMP R4 (high) PE-15(1)
US FedRAMP R5 (source) PE-15(1)
US FedRAMP R5 (high) (source) PE-15(1)
EMEA (1)
Framework Mapping Values
EMEA Spain CCN-STIC 825 8.1.6 [MP.IF.6]

Capability Maturity Model

Level 0 — Not Performed

There is no evidence of a capability to detect the presence of water in the vicinity of critical systems and alert facility maintenance and IT personnel.

Level 1 — Performed Informally

C|P-CMM1 is N/A, since a structured process is required to detect the presence of water in the vicinity of critical systems and alert facility maintenance and IT personnel.

Level 2 — Planned & Tracked

Physical & Environmental Security (PES) efforts are requirements-driven and governed at a local/regional level, but are not consistent across the organization. CMM Level 2 control maturity would reasonably expect all, or at least most, the following criteria to exist:

  • Physical access control is decentralized (e.g., a localized/regionalized function) and uses non-standardized methods to implement secure, resilient and compliant practices.
  • IT/cybersecurity personnel identify cybersecurity and data protection controls that are appropriate to address applicable statutory, regulatory and contractual requirements for physical access control.
  • Human Resources, or a similar function, maintains a current list of personnel with authorized access to organizational facilities and facilitates the implementation of physical access management controls.
  • Physical security controls are primarily administrative in nature (e.g., policies & standards).
  • Physical controls, administrative processes and technologies are primarily designed and implemented for offices, rooms and facilities that focus on protecting High Value Assets (HVAs), including environments where sensitive/regulated data is stored, transmitted and processed.
  • A facilities maintenance team, or similar function, manages the operation of automated physical and environmental protection controls.
Level 3 — Well Defined

Physical & Environmental Security (PES) efforts are standardized across the organization and centrally managed, where technically feasible, to ensure consistency. CMM Level 3 control maturity would reasonably expect all, or at least most, the following criteria to exist: o Performs the centralized-management of physical security controls across the enterprise. o Maintains a current list of personnel with authorized access to organizational facilities and implements physical access management controls.

  • A physical security team, or similar function:
  • A facilities maintenance team, or similar function, manages the operation of environmental protection controls.
  • Administrative processes exist to authorize physical access to facilities based on the position or role of the individual.
  • Administrative processes and physical controls restrict unescorted access to facilities to personnel with required security clearances, formal access authorizations and validated the need for access.
Level 4 — Quantitatively Controlled

See C|P-CMM3. There are no defined C|P-CMM4 criteria, since it is reasonable to assume a quantitatively-controlled process is not necessary to detect the presence of water in the vicinity of critical systems and alert facility maintenance and IT personnel.

Level 5 — Continuously Improving

See C|P-CMM4. There are no defined C|P-CMM5 criteria, since it is reasonable to assume a continuously-improving process is not necessary to detect the presence of water in the vicinity of critical systems and alert facility maintenance and IT personnel.

Assessment Objectives

  1. PES-07.6_A01 personnel or roles to be alerted when the presence of water is detected near the system is/are defined.
  2. PES-07.6_A02 automated mechanisms used to detect the presence of water near the system are defined.
  3. PES-07.6_A03 the presence of water near the system can be detected automatically.
  4. PES-07.6_A04 organization-defined personnel or roles is/are alerted using organization-defined automated mechanisms.

Technology Recommendations

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