CCI-000963

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

Implementation Guidance

Determine if: - automatic emergency lighting that activates in the event of a power outage or disruption is employed for the system. - automatic emergency lighting that activates in the event of a power outage or disruption is maintained for the system. - automatic emergency lighting for the system covers emergency exits within the facility. - automatic emergency lighting for the system covers evacuation routes within the facility.

Validation Procedures

Examine: [SELECT FROM: 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]. Interview: [SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with the responsibility for emergency lighting and/or planning; organizational personnel with information security responsibilities]. Test: [SELECT FROM: Mechanisms supporting and/or implementing an emergency lighting capability].

The controls below (if any) were marked by NIST as being related to CCI-000963.