Contingency Training
✓ LOW ✓ MODERATE ✓ HIGHRequirements NIST SOURCE
- 1.Within [time period] of assuming a contingency role or responsibility;
- 2.When required by system changes; and
- 3.[frequency] thereafter; and
Requirement Context
This element is part of CP-3 — Contingency Training. See the Assessment section below for the related SP 800-53A examine/interview/test procedures. No engineering interpretation has been authored for this control yet.
Requirement Context
This element is part of CP-3 — Contingency Training. See the Assessment section below for the related SP 800-53A examine/interview/test procedures. No engineering interpretation has been authored for this control yet.
Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)
Contingency training provided by organizations is linked to the assigned roles and responsibilities of organizational personnel to ensure that the appropriate content and level of detail is included in such training. For example, some individuals may only need to know when and where to report for duty during contingency operations and if normal duties are affected; system administrators may require additional training on how to establish systems at alternate processing and storage sites; and organizational officials may receive more specific training on how to conduct mission-essential functions in designated off-site locations and how to establish communications with other governmental entities for purposes of coordination on contingency-related activities. Training for contingency roles or responsibilities reflects the specific continuity requirements in the contingency plan. Events that may precipitate an update to contingency training content include, but are not limited to, contingency plan testing or an actual contingency (lessons learned), assessment or audit findings, security incidents or breaches, or changes in laws, executive orders, directives, regulations, policies, standards, and guidelines. At the discretion of the organization, participation in a contingency plan test or exercise, including lessons learned sessions subsequent to the test or exercise, may satisfy contingency plan training requirements.
Enhancements NIST SOURCE
CP-3(1) Simulated Events LOW MODERATE ✓ HIGH
Incorporate simulated events into contingency training to facilitate effective response by personnel in crisis situations.
Discussion
The use of simulated events creates an environment for personnel to experience actual threat events, including cyber-attacks that disable websites, ransomware attacks that encrypt organizational data on servers, hurricanes that damage or destroy organizational facilities, or hardware or software failures.
CP-3(2) Mechanisms Used in Training Environments LOW MODERATE HIGH
Employ mechanisms used in operations to provide a more thorough and realistic contingency training environment.
Discussion
Operational mechanisms refer to processes that have been established to accomplish an organizational goal or a system that supports a particular organizational mission or business objective. Actual mission and business processes, systems, and/or facilities may be used to generate simulated events and enhance the realism of simulated events during contingency training.
Implementation Guidance
Original engineering commentary written for this explorer — not NIST source text and not authoritative guidance.
No engineering interpretation has been authored for CP-3 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
Assessment Objectives
- the time period within which to provide contingency training after assuming a contingency role or responsibility is defined;
- frequency at which to provide training to system users with a contingency role or responsibility is defined;
- frequency at which to review and update contingency training content is defined;
- events necessitating review and update of contingency training are defined;
- contingency training is provided to system users consistent with assigned roles and responsibilities within <CP-03_ODP[01] time period> of assuming a contingency role or responsibility;
- contingency training is provided to system users consistent with assigned roles and responsibilities when required by system changes;
- contingency training is provided to system users consistent with assigned roles and responsibilities <CP-03_ODP[02] frequency> thereafter;
- the contingency plan training content is reviewed and updated <CP-03_ODP[03] frequency>;
- the contingency plan training content is reviewed and updated following <CP-03_ODP[04] events>.
Examine
[SELECT FROM: Contingency planning policy; procedures addressing contingency training; contingency plan; contingency training curriculum; contingency training material; contingency training records; system security plan; other relevant documents or records].
Interview
[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with contingency planning, plan implementation, and training responsibilities; organizational personnel with information security responsibilities].
Test
[SELECT FROM: Organizational processes for contingency training].
Overlays
STIGs & CCIs
No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for CP-3. 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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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
- system security plan
Testing
- Organizational processes for contingency training
Other Records
- procedures addressing contingency training
- contingency training curriculum
- contingency training material
- contingency training records
- other relevant documents or records