Contingency Plan
What is Contingency Plan?
A plan for maintaining or restoring business operations when disruptive events occur, covering both prevention and recovery activities.
Terms that appear alongside contingency plan
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as contingency plan. The number is how many controls name both.
- nist 9 shared controls
- fedramp 6 shared controls
- plan testing 4 shared controls
- incident response 4 shared controls
- information system 3 shared controls
- fips 3 shared controls
- authorization 3 shared controls
- disruption 2 shared controls
Frameworks that govern contingency plan
What the standards actually require on contingency plan
Requirements naming contingency plan across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Test the contingency plan using [Assignment: organization-defined automated mechanisms].
NIST800-CP-4(3) · CP-4(3) Contingency Plan Testing | Automated Testing →A copy of the contingency plan and all revisions must be maintained at the facility and submitted to all local police departments, fire departments, hospitals and state and local emergency response teams that may be called upon to provide emergency services.
epa-rcra-hazardous-waste-management::264.53 · § 264.53 Copies of contingency plan →Identify the critical system assets that support essential mission and business functions.
fbi-cjis-security-policy::CP-2(8) · CP-2(8) Contingency Plan | Identify Critical Assets →Coordinate contingency plan testing with organizational elements responsible for related plans.
nist-sp-800-53-revision-5-1-high::CP-4(1) · CP-4(1) Contingency Plan Testing | Coordinate with Related Plans →Also prepare contingency plans for large-scale cyber incidents, such as incidents at fund clearing or payment infrastructure, or long unavailability of services provided by third parties including data centres and cloud.
japan-fsa-cybersecurity-guidelines-for-financial-institutions::2.5.1-D · 2.5.1 Incident response plan and contingency plan: desirable actions →Coordinate contingency plan testing with organizational elements responsible for related plans.
nist-sp-800-53-rev-5-moderate::CP-4(1) · CP-4(1) Contingency Plan Testing | Coordinate with Related Plans →Questions people ask about contingency plan
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