Vault/Secure Room Storage Standards - Primary IDS Monitoring Location Outside the Monitored Space

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-245816	IS-02.02.07	IS-02.02.07	SV-245816r1138491_rule	2025-12-04	2

Description
Failure to locate the alarm monitoring station at an external location; at a safe distance from the space being monitored, to ensure that it is not involved in any surprise attack of the alarmed space could result in a perimeter breach and the loss or compromise of classified material with limited or no capability to immediately notify response forces. REFERENCES: CJCSI 6510.01F, INFORMATION ASSURANCE (IA) AND SUPPORT TO COMPUTER NETWORK DEFENSE (CND), Enclosure C, paragraph 34. NIST Special Publication 800-53 (SP 800-53), Rev 4, Controls: MP-4, PE-3, PE-5, PE-6(1) DOD Manual 5200.01, Volume 3, SUBJECT: DOD Information Security Program: Protection of Classified Information: Appendix to Enclosure 3, paragraph 2.d.(6). 32 CFR 117 and 32 CFR 2001 and 2003 as well as DOD Manual 5220.32 Volume 1

Description

Failure to locate the alarm monitoring station at an external location; at a safe distance from the space being monitored, to ensure that it is not involved in any surprise attack of the alarmed space could result in a perimeter breach and the loss or compromise of classified material with limited or no capability to immediately notify response forces. REFERENCES: CJCSI 6510.01F, INFORMATION ASSURANCE (IA) AND SUPPORT TO COMPUTER NETWORK DEFENSE (CND), Enclosure C, paragraph 34. NIST Special Publication 800-53 (SP 800-53), Rev 4, Controls: MP-4, PE-3, PE-5, PE-6(1) DOD Manual 5200.01, Volume 3, SUBJECT: DOD Information Security Program: Protection of Classified Information: Appendix to Enclosure 3, paragraph 2.d.(6). 32 CFR 117 and 32 CFR 2001 and 2003 as well as DOD Manual 5220.32 Volume 1

ℹ️ Check
Check to ensure that primary monitoring of alarms for secure rooms or spaces containing SIPRNet equipment is located outside of the protected space. It is allowable to monitor alarms within the protected space if this is only used for supplemental/secondary monitoring. Ideally alarms will be monitored from the same location that police/guards or other response forces are contacted and dispatched, although this is not required if there are procedures and means for the monitoring station personnel to notify security response forces in a timely manner. TACTICAL ENVIRONMENT: This check is applicable where Vaults/Secure Rooms are used to protect classified materials or systems in a tactical environment. The only exception will be for urgent (short term) tactical operations or other contingency situations where fixed facilities and equipment are not yet present or incapable of being used.

ℹ️ Check

Check to ensure that primary monitoring of alarms for secure rooms or spaces containing SIPRNet equipment is located outside of the protected space. It is allowable to monitor alarms within the protected space if this is only used for supplemental/secondary monitoring. Ideally alarms will be monitored from the same location that police/guards or other response forces are contacted and dispatched, although this is not required if there are procedures and means for the monitoring station personnel to notify security response forces in a timely manner. TACTICAL ENVIRONMENT: This check is applicable where Vaults/Secure Rooms are used to protect classified materials or systems in a tactical environment. The only exception will be for urgent (short term) tactical operations or other contingency situations where fixed facilities and equipment are not yet present or incapable of being used.

✔️ Fix
Ensure that primary monitoring of alarms for secure rooms or spaces containing SIPRNet equipment is located outside of the protected space.