risk
Loss of essential services (power, HVAC, telecoms)
Interruption of power supply, air-conditioning/water utilities, or telecommunications — from unstable grids, single power feeds, UPS/generator failure, or carrier/fiber outages — stops operations or harms equipment and personnel.
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Attributes
- category
- business_continuity
- domain
- Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery
- Physical & Environmental Security
- taxonomy
- iso-27005-threat
- iso-27005-vulnerability
- nist-800-30-threat-source
- basel-operational-risk
- inherent_rating
- high
Details
- risk_id
- tech-loss-essential-services
- category
- business_continuity
- likelihood
- medium
- impact
- high
- inherent_rating
- high
- treatment
- mitigate
- taxonomies
- iso-27005-threat
- iso-27005-vulnerability
- nist-800-30-threat-source
- basel-operational-risk
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Connections
- UC-PHYS-05 — Provide emergency power, lighting, and resilient utilities mitigates Loss of essential services (power, HVAC, telecoms)
- strength
- primary
- rationale
- UPS, generators, and protected/maintained utilities are the direct defense against loss of power, HVAC, and telecom.
- UC-ACCESS-19 — Restrict physical access and maintain environmental safeguards mitigates Loss of essential services (power, HVAC, telecoms)
- strength
- primary
- rationale
- Power conditioning and backup directly sustain systems through power disruption, reducing loss-of-power impact.
- UC-PHYS-08 — Maintain equipment to preserve availability and integrity mitigates Loss of essential services (power, HVAC, telecoms)
- strength
- related
- rationale
- Maintaining critical equipment per schedule prevents failures of utility and support systems that would interrupt services.
- UC-BCDR-11 — Sustain operations via safe modes and alternate mechanisms mitigates Loss of essential services (power, HVAC, telecoms)
- strength
- related
- rationale
- switching to alternate communications protocols maintains continuity when telecoms are lost
- UC-BCDR-01 — Maintain business continuity and disaster recovery plans mitigates Loss of essential services (power, HVAC, telecoms)
- strength
- primary
- rationale
- the contingency plan provides alternate arrangements for loss of power/HVAC/telecoms
- UC-BCDR-04 — Provide redundant and alternate processing, storage, and telecom mitigates Loss of essential services (power, HVAC, telecoms)
- strength
- primary
- rationale
- diverse/alternate telecommunications and an alternate processing site offset loss of telecoms and power
- UC-PHYS-06 — Protect power and communications cabling from damage and taps mitigates Loss of essential services (power, HVAC, telecoms)
- strength
- related
- rationale
- Protecting power/telecom cabling from damage and disconnection prevents cable-cut power and carrier outages.
- UC-BCDR-12 — Operate IT services according to defined procedures mitigates Loss of essential services (power, HVAC, telecoms)
- strength
- related
- rationale
- facility management operations sustain power/HVAC essential services