{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2010-261/article-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2010-261/article-9.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2010/261",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 4 May 2010 on the Security Plan for Central SIS II and the Communication Infrastructure (2010/261/EU)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2010-261",
  "path": "article/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Facilities access control",
  "text": "1. Security perimeters with appropriate barriers and entry controls shall be used to protect areas that contain data processing facilities.\n2. Within the security perimeters, secure areas shall be defined to protect the physical components (assets), including hardware, data media and consoles, plans and other documents on the SIS II as well as offices and other work places of staff involved in operating the SIS II. These secure areas shall be protected by appropriate entry controls to ensure that only authorised personnel are allowed access. Work in secure areas shall be subject to the detailed security rules set out in the Security Policy.\n3. Physical security for offices, rooms and facilities shall be foreseen and installed. Access points such as delivery and loading areas and other points where unauthorised persons may enter the premises shall be controlled and, if possible, isolated from data processing facilities to avoid unauthorised access.\n4. A physical protection of the security perimeters against damage from natural or man-made disaster shall be designed and applied proportionally to the risk.\n5. Equipment shall be protected from physical and environmental threats and from opportunities for unauthorised access.\n6. If such information is available to the Commission, it shall add to the list referred to in Article 2(3)(h) a single point of contact for monitoring the implementation of the provisions of this Article at the premises where the backup CS-SIS is located.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2010/261/article/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:16:07.639053+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}