A.7.5 Protecting against physical and environmental threats
Design and apply protection against natural disasters and other physical and environmental threats.
12
artefacts
3
held by a system
2
at each review
moderate
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
- Temperature and humidity sensor logs for critical equipment rooms · SIEM / log platform
- Water leak detection system alerts · SIEM / log platform
- Air quality monitoring reports for data centre · Physical access / facilities
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
- Annual physical risk assessment · Physical access / facilities
- Tested emergency evacuation drill records · Backup / DR tooling
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Hazard analysis for flood and seismic events · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Third-party site vulnerability audit · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Business continuity plan with site-specific recovery procedures · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Backup power supply capacity report · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Building layout with fire suppression system schematics · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Access control system architecture diagram · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Physical barrier specifications and installation certificates · Policy repository / GRC workspace
First move
Start with the 3 of 12 artefacts that already live in a system (SIEM / log platform); keep the periodic reviews but log each one as a dated record with a named reviewer.
Common gaps auditors find
- risk assessments not updated after infrastructure changes
- recovery procedures lack site-specific details
- physical controls documented but not verified in practice
- environmental monitoring not integrated with incident response
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.
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