Vital Records
What is Vital Records?
Essential records and documents needed for an organization to continue operations during a crisis and to reconstruct operations afterward.
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What the standards actually require on vital records
Requirements naming vital records across 2 standards, quoted from the control text.
The records management program is required to: identify the paper and electronic records vital to keeping operations going; back those records up as often as the program's goals demand; check that the backups are intact;
nfpa-1600-standard-on-continuity-emergency-and-crisis-management::4.9.2 · 4.9.2 Records management: vital records identified, backed up, validated, storable and recoverable, protected, reviewed and access-controlled →Agencies should: identify vital records; back up all of them; keep copies of critical information, together with documented recovery procedures, offsite and protected to the requirements of the information's highest classification;
new-zealand-information-security-manual-nzism::6.4.6.C.01 · 6.4.6.C.01 Backup of vital records with offsite storage and testing →Questions people ask about vital records
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