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Hot Site

What is Hot Site?

A fully equipped backup facility with hardware, software, and data replication already in place, ready to assume operations within minutes to hours of a disaster. Hot sites are the most expensive but fastest disaster recovery option.

Information Security

Terms that appear alongside hot site

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

Frameworks that govern hot site

NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0View framework →ISO 27001:2022View framework →NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5View framework →

What the standards actually require on hot site

Requirements naming hot site across 3 standards, quoted from the control text.

NIST Special Publication 800-34 Revision 1, Contingency Planning Guide for Federal Information Systems2 controls

Operate recovery capability aligned with FIPS 199 impact level + NIST RMF integration per NIST SP 800-34 Rev 1 Appendix F (Sample Plans per Impact Level) + Chapter 4 (Information System Contingency Plan Development).

NISTSP34-8 · Recovery Capability by Impact Level, RTO/RPO, and Integration with NIST RMF →
GAMP 5 - Good Automated Manufacturing Practice1 control

Disaster scenarios must not endanger patients, the quality of the product or the integrity of data. Business continuity guides the organization to react, recover, restart and return to an agreed operating level while disruption lasts and once it ends, while di...

gamp-5-good-automated-manufacturing-practice::O10 · Appendix O10 Business Continuity Management →
TSA Pipeline Security1 control

Designate facilities whose loss or disruption would significantly impact overall deliverability and system safety for an extended period: more than seven days for natural gas distribution and hazardous liquid transmission, more than 14 days for natural gas tra...

tsa-pipeline-security::5.2.C7 · 5.2 Table 1 criterion 7: significant disruption of pipeline system operations →

Questions people ask about hot site

What is Hot Site?
A fully equipped backup facility with hardware, software, and data replication already in place, ready to assume operations within minutes to hours of a disaster. Hot sites are the most expensive but fastest disaster recovery option.
Why is Hot Site important for compliance?
Hot Site is a key concept in Information Security. Understanding hot site 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 Hot Site?
Hot Site appears in the requirement text of NIST Special Publication 800-34 Revision 1, Contingency Planning Guide for Federal Information Systems, GAMP 5 - Good Automated Manufacturing Practice, TSA Pipeline Security. 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 Hot Site?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how hot site 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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Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.