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Site Recovery

What is Site Recovery?

The process of restoring operations at a primary or alternate site following a disaster or major disruption.

Business Continuity

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

What the standards actually require on site recovery

Requirements naming site recovery across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

Configure the alternate storage site to facilitate recovery operations in accordance with recovery time and recovery point objectives.

NIST800-CP-6(2) · CP-6(2) Alternate Storage Site | Recovery Time and Recovery Point Objectives →

Configure the alternate storage site to facilitate recovery operations in accordance with recovery time and recovery point objectives.

nist-sp-800-53-revision-5-1-high::CP-6(2) · CP-6(2) Alternate Storage Site | Recovery Time and Recovery Point Objectives →

An FMI identifies plausible internal and external sources of operational risk and mitigates them with systems, policies, procedures and controls.

cpmi-iosco-principles-for-financial-market-infrastructures::P17 · Principle 17 Operational risk →
HKMA TM-G-11 control

HKMA TM-G-1 adjacent modules covered in this framework's scope. TM-G-2 BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLANNING: (a) Business Continuity Governance (TM-G-2.2.1) - Board oversight + BCP committee + crisis management + RACI + ownership;

HKMA-TMG1-Adjacent-TMG2-TME1-OR2-BCP-eBanking-Resilience · TM-G-2 BCP + TM-E-1 e-Banking + OR-2 Operational Resilience Adjacent Modules →

The organization should test and exercise the protection, resilience and recovery elements of its ICT services to show that services can be protected, maintained or recovered whatever the severity of an incident, that the IRBC arrangements limit business impac...

iso-iec-27031-2011::8.1.3 · Test and exercise →

Operate business continuity + disaster recovery + resilience per Oman framework + sectoral requirements. Apply NIST SP 800-34 methodology including Business Impact Analysis + recovery strategies + ISCP development + testing + maintenance.

OMANCS-7 · Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, and Resilience →

Questions people ask about site recovery

What is Site Recovery?
The process of restoring operations at a primary or alternate site following a disaster or major disruption.
Why is Site Recovery important for compliance?
Site Recovery is a key concept in Business Continuity. Understanding site recovery 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 Site Recovery?
Site Recovery appears in the requirement text of NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5, NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 HIGH, CPMI-IOSCO Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures, HKMA TM-G-1, ISO/IEC 27031:2011. Across these standards we have identified 6 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Site Recovery?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how site recovery 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.

See how Site Recovery applies across compliance frameworks

Our platform maps 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings. Explore how this concept is addressed across standards.

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