PE-12(1)—Essential Mission And Business Functions
>Control Description
Provide emergency lighting for all areas within the facility supporting essential mission and business functions.
>Supplemental Guidance
Organizations define their essential missions and functions.
>Assessment Interview Topics
Questions assessors commonly ask
Process & Governance:
- •What policies and procedures govern the implementation of essential mission and business functions for the organization's facilities?
- •Who is responsible for overseeing and maintaining essential mission and business functions controls?
- •How frequently are essential mission and business functions controls reviewed and updated?
- •What process exists for granting exceptions to essential mission and business functions requirements?
- •How does the organization ensure accountability for essential mission and business functions across all facility locations?
Technical Implementation:
- •What technologies or systems technically implement essential mission and business functions?
- •How are these systems configured to meet the control requirements?
- •What monitoring or alerting capabilities exist for essential mission and business functions?
- •How do essential mission and business functions systems integrate with other physical security infrastructure?
- •What redundancy or backup mechanisms support essential mission and business functions?
Evidence & Documentation:
- •Provide documented policies and procedures for essential mission and business functions.
- •Provide evidence of essential mission and business functions implementation and configuration.
- •Provide logs, records, or reports demonstrating essential mission and business functions activities over the past 90 days.
- •Provide testing, maintenance, or inspection records for essential mission and business functions from the past year.
- •Provide evidence of essential mission and business functions reviews, audits, or assessments.
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