Servers, network devices and cryptographic equipment are secured in server rooms or communications rooms that meet the requirements for a security zone suitable for their classification.
Topic
Physical access to servers, network devices and cryptographic equipment
Applicable to
Official, Protected, Secret, Top Secret
History
Priority
must
Sep 2023
Servers, network devices and cryptographic equipment are secured in server rooms or communications rooms that meet the requirements for a security zone suitable for their classification.
References to sensitive and classified systems or data, where it now only relates to classified systems or data (i.e. OFFICIAL: Sensitive and above), have been replaced with references to classified systems or data.
Dec 2021
Servers, network devices and cryptographic equipment are secured in server rooms or communications rooms that meet the requirements for a security zone suitable for their sensitivity or classification.
Miscellaneous changes were made to rationale and security controls throughout the publication. This included:
• A review from the Using the Information Security Manual chapter through to the Guidelines for Media chapter.
• Security controls suitable for all audiences have been identified with the ‘All’ applicability marking while additional security controls suitable for just government audiences have been identified with the O, P, S and TS applicability markings.
• Security controls suitable for specific classifications have been amended to include their classification(s) in the wording of the security controls to reduce the reliance on applicability markings to confer suitability.
• Tables in security controls have been converted into prose to allow for inclusion in the SSP annex template and the XML list of security controls.
• The use of ‘official’ and ‘highly classified’ terminology has been replaced with specific classifications to remove ambiguity.
• Security controls relating to high assurance ICT equipment have had their applicability narrowed to ‘S, TS’ reflecting that they are intended for the protection of SECRET and TOP SECRET systems and data.
2015
Agencies must ensure that servers and network devices are secured in either securitycontainers or rooms as specified in the Australian Government Physical Security ManagementProtocol.
2010
Agencies must ensure servers and network devices are secured in cabinets as shown in the tables below.