NIST SP 800-53 PE-13(2) Suppression Systems — Automatic Activation and Notification

Requirements NIST SOURCE

Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)

Organizations can identify specific personnel, roles, and emergency responders if individuals on the notification list need to have appropriate access authorizations and/or clearances (e.g., to enter to facilities where access is restricted due to the impact level or classification of information within the facility). Notification mechanisms may require independent energy sources to ensure that the notification capability is not adversely affected by the fire.

Implementation Guidance

Engineering Interpretation

Original engineering commentary written for this explorer — not NIST source text and not authoritative guidance.

No engineering interpretation has been authored for PE-13(2) yet. This section is architected to receive it — see the Requirements and Assessment sections above for the authoritative NIST source content in the meantime.

Assessment

NIST SP 800-53A REV 5.2.0

Assessment Objectives

personnel or roles to be notified in the event of a fire is/are defined;
emergency responders to be notified in the event of a fire are defined;
fire suppression systems that activate automatically are employed;
fire suppression systems that notify <PE-13(02)_ODP[01] personnel or roles> automatically are employed;
fire suppression systems that notify <PE-13(02)_ODP[02] emergency responders> automatically are employed;
an automatic fire suppression capability is employed when the facility is not staffed on a continuous basis.

Examine

[SELECT FROM: Physical and environmental protection policy; procedures addressing fire protection; fire suppression and detection devices/systems documentation; facility housing the system; alarm service-level agreements; test records of fire suppression and detection devices/systems; system security plan; other relevant documents or records].

Interview

[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with responsibilities for fire detection and suppression devices/systems; organizational personnel with responsibilities for providing automatic notifications of any activation of fire suppression devices/systems to appropriate personnel, roles, and emergency responders; organizational personnel with information security responsibilities].

Test

[SELECT FROM: Automated mechanisms supporting and/or implementing fire suppression devices/systems; activation of fire suppression devices/systems (simulated); automated notifications].

Overlays

Showing the OT/ICS overlay for the parent control PE-13 — see the PE-13(2) entries within each baseline below.

OT/ICS Overlay SP 800-82r3

NIST SP 800-82r3 Appendix F, Table 22. Blank baseline means the control/control enhancement is not selected in that initial OT baseline.

LOW

Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)

MODERATE

Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)
Included: (1)

HIGH

Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)
Included: (1) (2)

STIGs & CCIs

No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for PE-13(2). This section is architected to display, per product: STIG ID, Finding ID, Severity, Title, Description, Check, Fix, CCI, and NIST control mapping — but nothing is populated here until a real DISA STIG/CCI dataset is ingested.

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Evidence

Potential Evidence — Derived

Categorized from the SP 800-53A "Examine"/"Test" artifact list above by keyword — not an authoritative NIST evidence list.

Policy

Physical and environmental protection policy
system security plan

Testing

Automated mechanisms supporting and/or implementing fire suppression devices/systems
activation of fire suppression devices/systems (simulated)
automated notifications

Other Records

procedures addressing fire protection
fire suppression and detection devices/systems documentation
facility housing the system
alarm service-level agreements
test records of fire suppression and detection devices/systems
other relevant documents or records