PE-14 - Environmental Controls
Control requirements
PE-14 (a)
Maintain [IBM Assignment: temperature and humidity] levels within the facility where the system resides at [IBM Assignment: consistent with American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) document entitled Thermal Guidelines for Data Processing Environments].
PE-14 (b)
Monitor environmental control levels [IBM Assignment: continuously].
NIST supplemental guidance
The provision of environmental controls applies primarily to organizational facilities that contain concentrations of system resources (e.g., data centers, mainframe computer rooms, and server rooms). Insufficient environmental controls, especially in very harsh environments, can have a significant adverse impact on the availability of systems and system components that are needed to support organizational mission and business functions.