13.1.2 For that purpose, the relevant entities shall, where appropriate: (a) protect facilities from power …

Requirement

For that purpose, the relevant entities shall, where appropriate: (a) protect facilities from power failures and other disruptions caused by failures in supporting utilities such as electricity, telecommunications, water supply, gas, sewage, ventilation and air conditioning; (b) consider the use of redundancy in utilities services; (c) protect utility services for electricity and telecommunications, which transport data or supply network and information systems, against interception and damage; (d) monitor the utility services referred to in point (c) and report to the competent internal or external personnel events outside the minimum and maximum control thresholds referred to in point 13.2.2(b) affecting the utility services; (e) conclude contracts for the emergency supply with corresponding services, such as for the fuel for emergency power supply; (f) ensure continuous effectiveness, monitor, maintain and test the supply of the network and information systems necessary for the operation of the service offered, in particular the electricity, temperature and humidity control, telecommunications and Internet connection.

Guidance

• Consider the availability of supporting utilities in the business continuity plan (section 4.1) .
• Consider the availability of supporting utilities, when implementing backup management (section 4.2).
• Consider implementing measures for the protection of supporting utilities, such as (indicative, non-exhaustive list):
  • active/passive cooling;
  • automatic restart after power interruption;
  • battery backup power;
  • diesel generators;
  • backup fuel;
  • uninterruptable power supply, hot standby power generators;
  • sufficient fuel delivery SLA;
  • delivery companies;
  • redundant cooling;
  • spare parts for components of network and information systems; and
  • power backup systems.

Examples of evidence

• Description of different types of supporting utilities.
• Measures to protect against the failure and disruption of supporting utilities.

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1.3 Související regulace

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