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Contingency Plan

What is Contingency Plan?

A plan for maintaining or restoring business operations when disruptive events occur, covering both prevention and recovery activities.

Business Continuity

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as contingency plan. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on contingency plan

Requirements naming contingency plan across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

FedRAMP High5 controls

Develop contingency plan; review and update annually (FedRAMP); coordinate with related plans.

CP-2 · Contingency Plan

Develop contingency plan; review and update annually (FedRAMP); coordinate with related plans.

CP-2 · Contingency Plan

Develop the Information System Contingency Plan (ISCP) per NIST SP 800-34 Rev 1 Section 3.5 + Appendix A (Sample ISCP Template). ISCP must include (a) Supporting Information per Section 3.5.1: introduction + concept of operations + system description and archi...

NISTSP34-4 · Information System Contingency Plan (ISCP) Development

Develop contingency plan; review and update annually (FedRAMP); coordinate with related plans.

CP-2 · Contingency Plan

Develop contingency plan; review and update annually (FedRAMP); coordinate with related plans.

CP-2 · Contingency Plan

Establish policies for responding to emergencies that damage ePHI systems. NIST recommends contingency planning per SP 800-34 with business impact analysis driving recovery priorities.

164.308(a)(7)(i) · Contingency Plan (Standard)

Questions people ask about contingency plan

What is Contingency Plan?
A plan for maintaining or restoring business operations when disruptive events occur, covering both prevention and recovery activities.
Why is Contingency Plan important for compliance?
Contingency Plan is a key concept in Business Continuity. Understanding contingency plan helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Contingency Plan?
Contingency Plan appears in the requirement text of FedRAMP High, NIST SP 800-53 Revision 5.1 HIGH, NIST Special Publication 800-34 Revision 1, Contingency Planning Guide for Federal Information Systems, FedRAMP Moderate, NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 MODERATE. Across these standards we have identified 25 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Contingency Plan?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how contingency plan applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

See how Contingency Plan applies across compliance frameworks

Our platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings. Explore how this concept is addressed across standards.

Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.