This basic Recommendation presents guidance on the management of physical security caused by electromagnetic interference and/or emanation, for telecommunications centre managers to implement the information security management system (ISMS) requirements of Recommendation [ITU-T X.1051].

This Recommendation is a guide for the application of [ITU-T K.78] (HEMP), [ITU-T K.81] (HPEM), [ITU-T K.84] (information leakage) [ITU-T K.115] (mitigation method) and K series Recommendations on lightning protection.

This Recommendation represents an overview of electromagnetic security; it classifies the environments where devices and equipment in need of protection are installed and classifies predicted threats and vulnerabilities as well as countermeasures.