Article 32 – Physical and environmental security

  1. The financial entities referred to in Article 16(1) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 shall identify and implement physical security measures designed on the basis of the threat landscape and in accordance with the classification referred to in Article 30(1) of this Regulation, the overall risk profile of ICT assets, and accessible information assets.
  2. The measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall protect the premises of financial entities and, where applicable, data centres of financial entities where ICT assets and information assets reside from unauthorised access, attacks, and accidents, and from environmental threats and hazards.
  3. The protection from environmental threats and hazards shall be commensurate with the importance of the premises concerned and, where applicable, the data centres and the criticality of the operations or ICT systems located therein.