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Alternate Processing and Storage Sites

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Requirements NIST SOURCE

Plan for the transfer of [one of: all; essential] mission and business functions to alternate processing and/or storage sites with minimal or no loss of operational continuity and sustain that continuity through system restoration to primary processing and/or storage sites.

Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)

Organizations may choose to conduct contingency planning activities for alternate processing and storage sites as part of business continuity planning or business impact analyses. Primary processing and/or storage sites defined by organizations as part of contingency planning may change depending on the circumstances associated with the contingency.

Implementation Guidance

Engineering Interpretation

Original engineering commentary written for this explorer — not NIST source text and not authoritative guidance.

No engineering interpretation has been authored for CP-2(6) yet. This section is architected to receive it — see the Requirements and Assessment sections above for the authoritative NIST source content in the meantime.

Assessment

NIST SP 800-53A REV 5.2.0

Assessment Objectives

  1. one of the following PARAMETER VALUES is selected: {all; essential};
  2. the transfer of <CP-02(06)_ODP SELECTED PARAMETER VALUE> mission and business functions to alternate processing and/or storage sites with minimal or no loss of operational continuity is planned for;
  3. operational continuity is sustained until full system restoration at primary processing and/or storage sites.

Examine

[SELECT FROM: Contingency planning policy; procedures addressing contingency operations for the system; contingency plan; business impact assessment; alternate processing site agreements; alternate storage site agreements; contingency plan testing documentation; contingency plan test results; system security plan; other relevant documents or records].

Interview

[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with contingency planning and plan implementation responsibilities; organizational personnel with knowledge of requirements for mission and business functions; organizational personnel with information security responsibilities].

Test

[SELECT FROM: Organizational processes for transfer of essential mission and business functions to alternate processing/storage sites].

Overlays

Showing the OT/ICS overlay for the parent control CP-2 — see the CP-2(6) entries within each baseline below.

OT/ICS Overlay SP 800-82r3

NIST SP 800-82r3 Appendix F, Table 22. Blank baseline means the control/control enhancement is not selected in that initial OT baseline.

LOW

  • Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)

MODERATE

  • Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)
  • Included: (1) (3) (8)

HIGH

  • Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)
  • Included: (1) (2) (3) (5) (8)

STIGs & CCIs

No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for CP-2(6). This section is architected to display, per product: STIG ID, Finding ID, Severity, Title, Description, Check, Fix, CCI, and NIST control mapping — but nothing is populated here until a real DISA STIG/CCI dataset is ingested.

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Evidence

Potential Evidence — Derived

Categorized from the SP 800-53A "Examine"/"Test" artifact list above by keyword — not an authoritative NIST evidence list.

Policy

  • Contingency planning policy
  • contingency plan
  • contingency plan testing documentation
  • contingency plan test results
  • system security plan

Testing

  • Organizational processes for transfer of essential mission and business functions to alternate processing/storage sites

Other Records

  • procedures addressing contingency operations for the system
  • business impact assessment
  • alternate processing site agreements
  • alternate storage site agreements
  • other relevant documents or records