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Exercise Program

What is Exercise Program?

A scheduled series of drills, tabletop exercises, and simulations designed to test and improve emergency response and business continuity plans.

Business Continuity

Frameworks that govern exercise program

NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0View framework →ISO 27001:2022View framework →

What the standards actually require on exercise program

Requirements naming exercise program across 4 standards, quoted from the control text.

ISO 223161 control

Exercise program development. Control from ISO 22316 framework, domain: ISO 22316: BCM Testing & Exercising.

ISO22316-16 · Exercise program development →
ISO 223171 control

Exercise program development. Control from ISO 22317 framework, domain: ISO 22317: BCM Testing & Exercising.

ISO22317-16 · Exercise program development →
ISO 223181 control

Exercise program development. Control from ISO 22318 framework, domain: ISO 22318: BCM Testing & Exercising.

ISO22318-16 · Exercise program development →
NIST Special Publication 800-34 Revision 1, Contingency Planning Guide for Federal Information Systems1 control

Conduct Plan Testing, Training, and Exercises (TTE) per NIST SP 800-34 Rev 1 Section 3.6 + Appendix C (TTE Best Practices) + NIST SP 800-84 Guide to Test, Training, and Exercise Programs.

NISTSP34-5 · Plan Testing, Training, and Exercises (TTE) →

Questions people ask about exercise program

What is Exercise Program?
A scheduled series of drills, tabletop exercises, and simulations designed to test and improve emergency response and business continuity plans.
Why is Exercise Program important for compliance?
Exercise Program is a key concept in Business Continuity. Understanding exercise program 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 Exercise Program?
Exercise Program appears in the requirement text of ISO 22316, ISO 22317, ISO 22318, NIST Special Publication 800-34 Revision 1, Contingency Planning Guide for Federal Information Systems. Across these standards we have identified 4 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Exercise Program?
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