PE-12 Emergency Lighting

Description

This Control applies primarily to facilities containing concentrations of information system resources including, for example, data centers, server rooms, and mainframe computer rooms.

Applicability

This Control applies to facilities that house information systems (e.g., data centers, server rooms or closets) considered mission critical and which require a higher level of security due to the nature of one of the following:

type of equipment
type of data the equipment stores

Responsibility for ensuring physical security to information resources may be part of the job function for departmental staff who may include, but not be limited to, information technology staff, information resource custodians, facility coordinators, supervisors, managers, and others.

Implementation

TAMU-CC employs 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.

Revision History

Last Updated: February 21, 2025

Previous Versions:

June 29, 2023
May 31, 2022
March 25, 2021
September 16, 2019