id: "CP-04(02)" title: "Alternate Processing Site" family: "CP" family_name: "Contingency Planning" sort_id: "cp-04.02" priority: "P2" implementation_level: "organization" parent: "CP-04" enhancement: True
Statement
Test the contingency plan at the alternate processing site:
To familiarize contingency personnel with the facility and available resources; and
To evaluate the capabilities of the alternate processing site to support contingency operations.
Guidance
Conditions at the alternate processing site may be significantly different than the conditions at the primary site. Having the opportunity to visit the alternate site and experience the actual capabilities available at the site can provide valuable information on potential vulnerabilities that could affect essential organizational mission and business functions. The on-site visit can also provide an opportunity to refine the contingency plan to address the vulnerabilities discovered during testing.
Assessment Objective: the contingency plan is tested at the alternate processing site to familiarize contingency personnel with the facility and available resources;
Assessment Objective: the contingency plan is tested at the alternate processing site to evaluate the capabilities of the alternate processing site to support contingency operations.
Contingency planning policy
procedures addressing contingency plan testing
contingency plan
contingency plan test documentation
contingency plan test results
alternate processing site agreements
service-level agreements
system security plan
other relevant documents or records
Organizational personnel with contingency planning and plan implementation responsibilities
organizational personnel with information security responsibilities
Organizational processes for contingency plan testing
mechanisms supporting the contingency plan and/or contingency plan testing