NIST 800-53 REV 5 • PHYSICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
PE-14(2) — Monitoring with Alarms and Notifications
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CMMC Practice Mapping
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Supplemental Guidance
The alarm or notification may be an audible alarm or a visual message in real time to personnel or roles defined by the organization. Such alarms and notifications can help minimize harm to individuals and damage to organizational assets by facilitating a timely incident response.
Practitioner Notes
Environmental monitoring equipment should generate alarms or notifications when conditions drift outside acceptable ranges. Someone needs to know immediately when the server room is getting too hot.
Example 1: Set up temperature and humidity alerts in your environmental monitoring system. Configure two tiers: a warning alert (e.g., temp above 78°F) that goes to IT staff and a critical alert (e.g., temp above 85°F) that goes to IT management and facilities. Include instructions for response in each alert.
Example 2: Use standalone environmental sensors (like Sensaphone or AKCP) that can send alerts via phone call, text, and email independently of your network. This way, even if your network goes down (which might happen during a cooling failure), you still get notified of dangerous environmental conditions.