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PE-14(1) PE · Physical and Environmental Protection

Automatic Controls

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Requirements NIST SOURCE

Employ the following automatic environmental controls in the facility to prevent fluctuations potentially harmful to the system: [automatic environmental controls].

Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)

The implementation of automatic environmental controls provides an immediate response to environmental conditions that can damage, degrade, or destroy organizational systems or systems components.

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-14(1) 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

  1. automatic environmental controls to prevent fluctuations that are potentially harmful to the system are defined;
  2. <PE-14(01)_ODP automatic environmental controls> are employed in the facility to prevent fluctuations that are potentially harmful to the system.

Examine

[SELECT FROM: Physical and environmental protection policy; procedures addressing temperature and humidity controls; facility housing the system; automated mechanisms for temperature and humidity; temperature and humidity controls; temperature and humidity documentation; system security plan; other relevant documents or records].

Interview

[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with responsibilities for system environmental controls; organizational personnel with information security responsibilities].

Test

[SELECT FROM: Automated mechanisms supporting and/or implementing temperature and humidity levels].

Overlays

Showing the OT/ICS overlay for the parent control PE-14 — see the PE-14(1) 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)

HIGH

  • Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)

STIGs & CCIs

No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for PE-14(1). 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 temperature and humidity levels

Other Records

  • procedures addressing temperature and humidity controls
  • facility housing the system
  • automated mechanisms for temperature and humidity
  • temperature and humidity controls
  • temperature and humidity documentation
  • other relevant documents or records