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Evacuation Planning

The organization shall develop evacuation plans for facilities, including evacuation routes, assembly points, and procedures for accounting for personnel. Planning shall include identification of evacuation routes, designation of assembly points, and development of personnel accounting procedures, documented, approved, and communicated to all personnel.

Requirement ID
PHY-006-R003
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Domain Code

Requirement Details & Guidance

PHY-006-R003 · PHY-006
Why This Requirement Exists

This requirement exists to prepare for, respond to, coordinate, recover from, test, review, and improve physical emergency preparedness and response, with specific focus on evacuation planning, so that physical security controls are proportionate to risk and remain effective.

Implementation Guidance

Establish and document the process for evacuation planning. 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-006-R003 · Field Guidance

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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: §1.9-IV – Emergency exceptions; §2.13-3.3.3 – Testing of BCP
          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 →
          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 →
          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) > DSS05 – Managed Security Services > DSS05.05 – Manage physical access to I&T assets. 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-03 – Mechanisms are implemented to achieve resilience requirements in normal and adverse situations
          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-10 – EMERGENCY SHUTOFF, PE-11 – EMERGENCY POWER, PE-12 – EMERGENCY LIGHTING
          NIST
          Control Catalog
          vRev. 5 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. A1.3 – Availability – The entity tests recovery plan procedures supporting system recovery 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

          Parent Control Context

          Control Baseline
          Control Name:
          Physical Emergency Preparedness & Response (PHY-006)
          Summary:
          Establishes emergency preparedness including emergency procedures, evacuation planning, communication, response resources, emergency drills, incident coordination, recovery, review, and continuous improvement.
          Business Description:
          Establish and maintain plans, procedures, resources, and response capabilities for physical emergencies, natural disasters, facility incidents, and life safety events.