These are the characteristics that are specific to the environment. These are typically assigned by the organization.

The environmental metric group consists of three sections, which are as follows:

• Collateral damage potential (CDP):
  • None
  • Low
  • Low-medium
  • Medium-high
  • High
  • Not defined
• Target distribution (TD):
  • None
  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
  • Not defined
• Security requirements (CR, IR, AR):
  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
  • Not defined