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Install and maintain seismic detectors in critical facilities.


CONTROL ID
06364
CONTROL TYPE
Physical and Environmental Protection
CLASSIFICATION
Detective

SUPPORTING AND SUPPORTED CONTROLS



This Control directly supports the implied Control(s):
  • Employ environmental protections., CC ID: 12570

There are no implementation support Controls.


SELECTED AUTHORITY DOCUMENTS COMPLIED WITH



  • F44: The organization should install seismic detectors in computer rooms and data storage rooms to determine if the computer systems should continue to operate and to prevent an electric fire, destruction of data, and/or other damage. F129: The organization should install seismic detectors in locati… (F44, F129, FISC Security Guidelines on Computer Systems for Banking and Related Financial Institutions, 7th Edition)
  • To protect the computer systems against possible failure, it is necessary to provide buildings with proper safeguards to ensure protection against the building's own weight, movable load, fallen snow, wind pressure, earthquakes and other vibrations, and impacts. (F11.1., FISC Security Guidelines on Computer Systems for Financial Institutions, Ninth Edition, Revised March 2020)
  • However, for computer center buildings designed based on the former Building Standards Act, it is recommended to ensure the safety of building structure in conformity with the current Building Standards Act by seismic retrofitting and other proper safeguards if the safety of building structure is fo… (F11.2. ¶ 2, FISC Security Guidelines on Computer Systems for Financial Institutions, Ninth Edition, Revised March 2020)
  • Seismic detectors serve to provide criteria through which to determine proper activities to be implemented for possible disasters, depending on seismic intensity, and can be used for various inspections and servicing after any earthquake, depending on the seismic intensity. Therefore, installing sei… (F44.1. ¶ 1, FISC Security Guidelines on Computer Systems for Financial Institutions, Ninth Edition, Revised March 2020)
  • For specific criteria to determine whether the operation should be continued or suspended, consult with manufacturers. (F44.1. ¶ 2, FISC Security Guidelines on Computer Systems for Financial Institutions, Ninth Edition, Revised March 2020)
  • Seismic detectors must issue audible and/or optical alarms for any earthquake exceeding a predetermined seismic intensity and display the earthquake intensity. (F44.2. ¶ 1, FISC Security Guidelines on Computer Systems for Financial Institutions, Ninth Edition, Revised March 2020)
  • To protect personnel and computer equipment from the effects of an earthquake, it is necessary to provide computer equipment, fixtures and furnishings with proper earthquake-proof measures. (F50.1. ¶ 1, FISC Security Guidelines on Computer Systems for Financial Institutions, Ninth Edition, Revised March 2020)
  • To protect the computer systems against possible failure caused by dislocation of individual pieces of equipment for power supply facilities, short circuit in the wiring, broken wire, and other factors in the event of earthquake, proper provisions against earthquake should be provided. (F66.1. ¶ 1, FISC Security Guidelines on Computer Systems for Financial Institutions, Ninth Edition, Revised March 2020)
  • To prevent secondary disasters including destruction of data and electric fire and also to determine the appropriateness of continuing the operation of servers, it is recommended to install proper seismic detectors in the server installation locations. (F129.1. ¶ 1, FISC Security Guidelines on Computer Systems for Financial Institutions, Ninth Edition, Revised March 2020)
  • The seismic detectors should be installed properly depending on the criticality of servers, the number of servers installed, and the environmental settings of installed locations. (F129.1. ¶ 2, FISC Security Guidelines on Computer Systems for Financial Institutions, Ninth Edition, Revised March 2020)
  • Does the data center that contains scoped systems and data have seismic detectors? (§ F.2.7, Shared Assessments Standardized Information Gathering Questionnaire - F. Physical and Environmental, 7.0)