Ensuring the proper maintenance of equipment is crucial to preserve the availability, integrity, and confidentiality of information. This practice helps prevent potential risks such as information loss, theft, or compromise, as well as disruptions to organizational operations due to maintenance lapses. This can be done e.g. by maintaining equipment in accordance with the supplier’s recommended service frequency and specifications, and implementing and monitoring of a maintenance programme by the organization.
Equipment should be serviced at intervals recommended by the supplier and in accordance with the supplier's specifications.
Maintenance performed on the equipment is recorded in a log, which contains information e.g.: