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Emergency Response Plan

What is Emergency Response Plan?

A documented set of procedures for responding to emergencies including evacuation, communication, medical response, and initial containment actions.

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What the standards actually require on emergency response plan

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

Set up an incident response programme built around a formal Emergency Response Plan that brings systems and operations back in order of criticality and within set time limits and that allows recovery from a defined list of disruptive events;

awwa-cybersecurity-guidance-for-the-water-sector-american-water-works-association::IR-1 · IR-1 Incident response program with a formal emergency response plan and exercises →

Network operators must formulate emergency response plans for cybersecurity incidents and promptly address security risks such as system vulnerabilities, computer viruses, cyberattacks and network intrusions;

china-cybersecurity-law-csl::27 · Art. 27 Emergency response plans, prompt handling of vulnerabilities, viruses, attacks and intrusions, activation and reporting on incidents →

Each covered system prepares or revises, where necessary, an emergency response plan incorporating the findings of its assessment and any revisions, and certifies to EPA that the plan is complete no later than six months after completing the assessment (as soo...

us-epa-safe-drinking-water-act-sdwa-cybersecurity-requirements::1433(b) · SDWA 1433(b) Prepare the emergency response plan and certify within six months →

Develop, keep up to date and test emergency response plans; where external stakeholders face significant risk, prepare them together with the potentially affected stakeholders and in line with established industry good practice.

icmm-mining-principles-2024-update::4.4 · 4.4 Emergency response plans →

Enterprises providing services in cyberspace must comply with cybersecurity law, warn users of the risks of their services and guide them on prevention, keep emergency response plans for weaknesses, risks and incidents, on an incident immediately implement the...

vietnam-law-on-cybersecurity-no-1162025qh15::VNCS-41-IR · Warn users of risks, keep an emergency response plan, and on an incident apply it and report to the specialised force at the same time →

The RMP must give the name, phone and email of the local emergency planning and response organisations with which the source last coordinated, the date of the most recent coordination and the federal or state emergency plan requirements that apply;

epa-risk-management-program-40-cfr-part-68::68.180 · § 68.180 Emergency response program and exercises (RMP content) →

Questions people ask about emergency response plan

What is Emergency Response Plan?
A documented set of procedures for responding to emergencies including evacuation, communication, medical response, and initial containment actions.
Why is Emergency Response Plan important for compliance?
Emergency Response Plan is a key concept in Business Continuity. Understanding emergency response plan helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Emergency Response Plan?
Emergency Response Plan appears in the requirement text of AWWA Cybersecurity Guidance for the Water Sector (American Water Works Association), China Cybersecurity Law (CSL), US EPA Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) - Cybersecurity Requirements, ICMM Mining Principles (2024 Update), Vietnam Law on Cybersecurity (No. 116/2025/QH15). Across these standards we have identified 15 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Emergency Response Plan?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how emergency response 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 1,016 frameworks.

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