risk
Environmental degradation of equipment (dust, humidity, temperature, EMI)
Equipment sited without environmental controls suffers from dust, corrosion, freezing, humidity, voltage or temperature variation, and electromagnetic/thermal radiation or EMP, causing malfunction or failure.
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Attributes
- category
- operational
- domain
- Physical & Environmental Security
- taxonomy
- iso-27005-threat
- iso-27005-vulnerability
- nist-800-30-threat-source
- inherent_rating
- medium
Details
- risk_id
- phys-environmental-degradation
- category
- operational
- likelihood
- low
- impact
- medium
- inherent_rating
- medium
- treatment
- mitigate
- taxonomies
- iso-27005-threat
- iso-27005-vulnerability
- nist-800-30-threat-source
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Connections
- UC-PHYS-08 — Maintain equipment to preserve availability and integrity mitigates Environmental degradation of equipment (dust, humidity, temperature, EMI)
- strength
- related
- rationale
- Scheduled maintenance and dust removal mitigate wear-driven failures, but the operative defense against environmental degradation is environmental control (temp/humidity, power), not servicing.
- UC-PHYS-03 — Protect facilities against fire, water, and environmental hazards mitigates Environmental degradation of equipment (dust, humidity, temperature, EMI)
- strength
- primary
- rationale
- Environmental monitoring and control keep temperature and humidity in range, directly preventing equipment degradation.
- UC-ACCESS-19 — Restrict physical access and maintain environmental safeguards mitigates Environmental degradation of equipment (dust, humidity, temperature, EMI)
- strength
- primary
- rationale
- Temperature/humidity control and power conditioning directly prevent equipment degradation from thermal and voltage variation.
- UC-PHYS-04 — Site facilities and equipment to minimize hazards and exposure mitigates Environmental degradation of equipment (dust, humidity, temperature, EMI)
- strength
- related
- rationale
- Siting to minimize exposure to environmental hazards reduces dust, humidity, and temperature stress on equipment.
- UC-PHYS-05 — Provide emergency power, lighting, and resilient utilities mitigates Environmental degradation of equipment (dust, humidity, temperature, EMI)
- strength
- related
- rationale
- Power conditioning prevents voltage-variation damage and protected HVAC prevents thermal degradation of equipment.
- UC-PHYS-07 — Shield systems from electromagnetic leakage and pulse threats mitigates Environmental degradation of equipment (dust, humidity, temperature, EMI)
- strength
- related
- rationale
- Surge protection and EMP shielding prevent electromagnetic/EMP damage to designated equipment.