DCS-13 Environmental Systems
Run environmental controls in the datacentre that hold temperature and humidity within industry accepted ranges, and test their effectiveness on a continuing basis.
4
artefacts
2
held by a system
1
at each review
easy
to go live
SIEM / log platform
where the evidence lives
teal = a system already holds it · olive = produced at each review
system holds itEvidence a system already holds
- Environmental monitoring records for temperature and humidity · SIEM / log platform
- Alerting configuration for out-of-range conditions · SIEM / log platform
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
- Maintenance and effectiveness test records · Document repository
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- The accepted range applied and the standard it comes from · Policy repository / GRC workspace
First move
Automate the pull from your SIEM / log platform. Retention and alert rules exported from the SIEM; review evidence is the closed-alert record with reviewer and time.
Common gaps auditors find
- Monitoring in place with no alert thresholds set
- Ranges chosen locally with no reference to an industry standard
- Environmental systems maintained but never tested under load
Do this for your whole sheet
Paste the rows you run your controls from and get this mapping for every control at once, with the periodic-review ones flagged and a first move per row. No account for the first run.
Build my evidence sheet