Disaster Recovery
What is Disaster Recovery?
The process of restoring IT systems and data after a catastrophic event. Typically governed by a Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) with defined RTOs and RPOs.
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What the standards actually require on disaster recovery
Requirements naming disaster recovery across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Address business continuity and disaster recovery planning and resources within the program, including regular periodic testing and review of those capabilities and the controls described in the recovery paragraphs of the section.
CFTC-SS-22 · Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning Category →ITSMs should help and guide the team planning disaster recovery in choosing recovery strategies and in developing, testing and maintaining disaster recovery plans.
new-zealand-information-security-manual-nzism::3.3.12.C.01 · 3.3.12.C.01 ITSM guidance for disaster recovery planning →The FI should test its disaster recovery plan regularly to confirm systems meet recovery objectives, with business and IT stakeholders taking part; test plans should state objectives, scope, scenarios, scripts, recovery procedures and success criteria;
monetary-authority-of-singapore-technology-risk-management-guidelines::8.3 · 8.3 Testing of Disaster Recovery Plan →Disaster recovery plans are developed. The guide expects a DR team, disaster risk assessment, business impact analysis, backup and off-site storage procedures, a DR site for critical systems and periodic DR tests.
saudi-nca-ecc::3-1-3-3 · 3-1-3-3 Disaster recovery plans →Establish procedures to restore lost data and resume operations. NIST recommends documented recovery procedures, alternate site arrangements, and aligned dependencies.
164.308(a)(7)(ii)(B) · Disaster Recovery Plan (Required) →ISMAP Personnel + Resilience + Supply Chain controls extend security beyond own perimeter. (1) Personnel Security and Background Checks: per ISMAP requirements + tiered background checks for personnel with access to customer data + (a) Standard CSP employees -...
ISMAP-Personnel-BackgroundChecks-Resilience-BCP-DR-SupplyChain-ThirdParty-Subcontractor-FlowDown · ISMAP Personnel Security + Background Checks + Business Continuity + Disaster Recovery + Resilience + Supply Chain Risk Management + Third Party + Subcontractor Flow-Down + Japanese Sovereignty →Questions people ask about disaster recovery
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