IT Baseline Protection Manual - The Information Warfare Site

Safeguard Catalogue Infrastucture Remarks
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S 1.20 Selection of cable types suited in terms of
their physical/mechanical properties
Initiation responsibility: Network planner; Head of Site/Bldg
Technical Service; IT Security Management
Implementation responsibility: Site/Bldg Technical Service
When selecting cables, account is to be taken of technical requirements as
regards transmission, and, in addition, attention must be paid to the
environment in which the cables are to be run. For most cabling requirements,
cables with the appropriate properties are available. The most important of
these are listed here:
- indoor cables or outdoor cables;
- non-hosing cables for damp or wet areas;
- strain-relieved cables for overhead lines and extreme gradients;
- function-preserving cables in areas exposed to fire hazards;
- shielded cables for areas with strong electrical and inductive interference
fields;
- armoured cables for those instances where sufficient mechanical protection
cannot be ensured in any other way, e.g. in case of provisional layout on
floors and walls.
Additional controls:
- Regarding the selection of cables; has the O&S officer (person responsible
for operation and maintenance) been consulted with regard to known or
anticipated adverse factors in the operational environment?
- Have possible alternatives regarding cable routing been considered?
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IT-Baseline Protection Manual: Oktober 2000