SECRET and TOP SECRET cables are terminated on their own individual patch panels.
Topic
Terminating cables on patch panels
Applicable to
Secret, Top Secret
History
Priority
must
Mar 2023
SECRET and TOP SECRET cables are terminated on their own individual patch panels.
An existing control relating to different cable groups not being terminated on the same patch panel was amended to SECRET and TOP SECRET cables are terminated on their own individual patch panels.
Mar 2021
Different cable groups do not terminate on the same patch panel.
Security control 0213 was amended to ensure consistency of terminology.
Jan 2021
Only approved cable groups terminate on a patch panel.
2015
Agencies must ensure that only approved cable groups terminate on a patch panel.
2010
Agencies must ensure only approved cable groups terminate on a patch panel.