Facility Location
LOW MODERATE HIGHRequirements NIST SOURCE
Requirement Context
This element is part of PE-23 — Facility Location. See the Assessment section below for the related SP 800-53A examine/interview/test procedures. No engineering interpretation has been authored for this control yet.
Requirement Context
This element is part of PE-23 — Facility Location. See the Assessment section below for the related SP 800-53A examine/interview/test procedures. No engineering interpretation has been authored for this control yet.
Discussion (NIST 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.
Implementation Guidance
Original engineering commentary written for this explorer — not NIST source text and not authoritative guidance.
No engineering interpretation has been authored for PE-23 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
Assessment Objectives
- the location or site of the facility where the system resides is planned considering physical and environmental hazards;
- for existing facilities, physical and environmental hazards are considered in the organizational risk management strategy.
Examine
[SELECT FROM: Physical and environmental protection policy; physical site planning documents; organizational assessment of risk; contingency plan; risk mitigation strategy documentation; system security plan; other relevant documents or records].
Interview
[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with site selection responsibilities for the facility housing the system; organizational personnel with risk mitigation responsibilities; organizational personnel with information security responsibilities].
Test
[SELECT FROM: Organizational processes for site planning].
STIGs & CCIs
No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for PE-23. 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.
Learn more about STIG/CCI integration →Evidence
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
- contingency plan
- risk mitigation strategy documentation
- system security plan
Testing
- Organizational processes for site planning
Other Records
- physical site planning documents
- organizational assessment of risk
- other relevant documents or records