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id: "PE-12" title: "Emergency Lighting" family: "PE" family_name: "Physical and Environmental Protection" sort_id: "pe-12" priority: "P2" implementation_level: "organization" enhancements: - pe-12.1

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Statement

Employ and maintain automatic emergency lighting for the system that activates in the event of a power outage or disruption and that covers emergency exits and evacuation routes within the facility.

Guidance

The provision of emergency lighting applies primarily to organizational facilities that contain concentrations of system resources, including data centers, server rooms, and mainframe computer rooms. Emergency lighting provisions for the system are described in the contingency plan for the organization. If emergency lighting for the system fails or cannot be provided, organizations consider alternate processing sites for power-related contingencies.

Assessment Objective: automatic emergency lighting that activates in the event of a power outage or disruption is employed for the system;

Assessment Objective: automatic emergency lighting that activates in the event of a power outage or disruption is maintained for the system;

Assessment Objective: automatic emergency lighting for the system covers emergency exits within the facility;

Assessment Objective: automatic emergency lighting for the system covers evacuation routes within the facility.

Physical and environmental protection policy

procedures addressing emergency lighting

emergency lighting documentation

emergency lighting test records

emergency exits and evacuation routes

system security plan

other relevant documents or records

Organizational personnel with the responsibility for emergency lighting and/or planning

organizational personnel with information security responsibilities

Mechanisms supporting and/or implementing an emergency lighting capability