PE-23 Facility Location
Control
Plan the location or site of the facility where the system resides considering physical and environmental hazards; and
For existing facilities, consider the physical and environmental hazards in the organizational risk management strategy.
Discussion
Physical and environmental hazards include floods, fires, tornadoes, earthquakes, hurricanes, terrorism, vandalism, an electromagnetic pulse, electrical interference, and other forms of incoming electromagnetic radiation. The location of system components within the facility is addressed in [PE-18](#pe-18).
Related controls
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