id: "CP-06(01)" title: "Separation from Primary Site" family: "CP" family_name: "Contingency Planning" sort_id: "cp-06.01" priority: "P2" implementation_level: "organization" parent: "CP-06" enhancement: True
Statement
Identify an alternate storage site that is sufficiently separated from the primary storage site to reduce susceptibility to the same threats.
Guidance
Threats that affect alternate storage sites are defined in organizational risk assessments and include natural disasters, structural failures, hostile attacks, and errors of omission or commission. Organizations determine what is considered a sufficient degree of separation between primary and alternate storage sites based on the types of threats that are of concern. For threats such as hostile attacks, the degree of separation between sites is less relevant.
Assessment Objective
an alternate storage site that is sufficiently separated from the primary storage site is identified to reduce susceptibility to the same threats.
Contingency planning policy
procedures addressing alternate storage sites
contingency plan
alternate storage site
alternate storage site agreements
primary storage site agreements
system security plan
other relevant documents or records
Organizational personnel with contingency plan alternate storage site responsibilities
organizational personnel with system recovery responsibilities
organizational personnel with information security responsibilities