IT Baseline Protection Manual - The Information Warfare Site

Safeguard Catalogue Infrastucture Remarks
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S 1.16 Selection of a suitable site
Initiation responsibility: Agency/company management
Implementation responsibility: Site planner
When planning the site where a building is to be rented or constructed, it is
recommended to consider the environmental factors with an influence on IT
security in addition to the normal aspects such as space requirements and cost:
- Due to structural weaknesses, IT systems may be affected by
shock/vibration stemming from close-by traffic routes (road traffic,
railway, underground railway).
- Buildings located directly on primary routes (railway, motorway, trunk
road) can be damaged as a result of traffic accidents.
- Closeness to optimum traffic routes, and thus escape routes, can facilitate
the imposition of attacks.
- In the vicinity of transmitter installations, IT installations can be subject to
disruption.
- In the vicinity of water bodies and in low plains, flooding is a probability.
- In the vicinity of power plants or factories, accidents or operating troubles
(explosion, release of hazardous material) can lead to impaired availability
of the building (e.g. by evacuation or the cordoning-off of large areas).
Additional controls:
- Are there any hazards caused by the location?
- How are such hazards counteracted?
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IT-Baseline Protection Manual: Oktober 2000