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Cooling Management

The organization shall implement cooling management controls to maintain appropriate environmental conditions for critical facilities and equipment. Cooling management shall include HVAC systems, temperature monitoring, humidity control, and redundant cooling capacity, adequate for the equipment being protected.

Requirement ID
PHY-002-R003
Parent Control
PHY-002
Domain Code
PHY

Requirement Details & Guidance

PHY-002-R003 · PHY-002
Why This Requirement Exists

This requirement exists to protect facilities and infrastructure from power, cooling, fire, water, environmental, and utility-related threats, with specific focus on cooling management, so that physical security controls are proportionate to risk and remain effective.

Implementation Guidance

Establish and document the process for cooling management. Define accountable owners, required inputs and outputs, authorization or validation criteria, review frequency, monitoring, reporting, exception handling, and evidence requirements. Apply controls according to facility, asset, media, personnel, and environmental risk, and integrate with asset management, incident response, business continuity, and facilities processes where applicable.

Practical Application & Audit Readiness

PHY-002-R003 · Field Guidance

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        PHY-002 · Recommended Approach

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          Cross-Mapped Regulatory Frameworks

          Harmonized Control Mappings
          FRAMEWORK CODE FRAMEWORK NAME & DETAILS FAMILY / CATEGORY VERSION ACTION
          IRDAI IRDAI Information & Cyber Security Guidelines IRDAI information and cyber-security requirements... Clause: §2.15-3.3 – Environmental Standards for Information Processing Facilities
          India
          Guideline
          		 vLatest View →
          RBI-CSF RBI Cyber Security Framework / Master Directions RBI cyber-security requirements and directions set... Clause: 3) Environmental Controls – 3.1 Environmental controls protecting critical-asset locations from natural/man-made threats; 3) Environmental Controls – 3.2 Monitoring environmental-control breaches and physical security
          India
          Regulation
          		 vLatest View →
          SEBI-CSCRF SEBI Cyber Security & Cyber Resilience Framework SEBI’s Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience Framewor... Clause: 3.1 PR.AA: Identity Management, Authentication, and Access Control; 3.4 PR.IP: Information Protection Processes and Procedures
          India
          Regulation
          		 vLatest View →
          DORA Digital Operational Resilience Act The EU Digital Operational Resilience Act establis... Clause: Article 6(2) – Protection of information assets, ICT assets and physical components/infrastructure
          EU
          Regulation
          		 vCurrent View →
          ISO27002 ISO/IEC 27002 ISO/IEC 27002 is a guidance standard containing a... Clause: 7.5 – Protecting against physical and environmental threats
          ISO
          Standard
          		 v2022 View →
          NIS2 NIS2 Directive The NIS2 Directive establishes EU-wide cybersecuri... Clause: Article 21(1) – Cybersecurity risk-management measures – general obligation
          EU
          Directive
          		 vCurrent View →
          COBIT2019 COBIT COBIT is an enterprise governance and management f... Clause: 4.4 – Deliver, Service and Support (DSS) > DSS01 – Managed Operations > DSS01.05 – Manage facilities.
          COBIT
          Governance Framework
          		 v2019 View →
          NIST-CSF NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) The NIST Cybersecurity Framework provides high-lev... Clause: PR.IR – Technology Infrastructure Resilience | PR.IR-02 – The organization’s technology assets are protected from environmental threats
          NIST
          Framework
          		 v2 View →
          NIST80053 NIST SP 800-53 NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 presents control families, i... Clause: 3.11 – PHYSICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PE-14 – ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS
          NIST
          Control Catalog
          		 vRev. 5 View →
          GDPR General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) The General Data Protection Regulation is a bindin... Clause: Article 32(1)(b) – Confidentiality, integrity, availability and access resilience; Article 32(1)(c) – Timely restoration of availability and access
          EU
          Regulation
          		 vCurrent View →
          SOC2 SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria SOC 2 is an independent examination and reporting... Clause: A1.2 – Availability – The entity authorizes, designs, develops or acquires, implements, operates, approves, maintains, and monitors environmental protections, software, data backup processes, and recovery infrastructure to meet its objectives.
          AICPA
          Audit Framework
          		 vLatest View →

          Parent Domain Context

          Governance Domain Baseline
          Domain Name:
          Physical & Environmental Security (PHY)
          Purpose:
          To protect the organization's physical assets, personnel, and facilities.
          Scope:
          Enterprise
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          Parent Control Context

          Control Baseline
          Control Name:
          Environmental & Infrastructure Protection (PHY-002)
          Summary:
          Establishes environmental protection including power protection, cooling management, fire detection, fire suppression, water protection, environmental monitoring, utility redundancy, review, and continuous improvement.
          Business Description:
          Establish and maintain environmental, utility, and infrastructure protection controls including power, cooling, fire detection, fire suppression, water protection, and environmental monitoring for critical facilities.
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