ISO 27001 7.5 Protecting Against Physical and Environmental Threats

Requirement

"Protection against physical and environmental threats, such as natural disasters and other intentional or unintentional physical threats to infrastructure shall be designed and implemented."[1]

Explanation

Examples of environmental threats include fires flooding and other natural disasters that can affect the operation of the business. Examples of physical threats include burglary and vandalism. Examples on meeting this requirement include organizations deploying the appropriate fire detection and suppression mechanisms and deploying fencing or other security barriers to prevent burglary and vandalism.

References

  1. ISO/IEC 27001

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