id: "CP-08(02)" title: "Single Points of Failure" family: "CP" family_name: "Contingency Planning" sort_id: "cp-08.02" priority: "P2" implementation_level: "organization" parent: "CP-08" enhancement: True
Statement
Obtain alternate telecommunications services to reduce the likelihood of sharing a single point of failure with primary telecommunications services.
Guidance
In certain circumstances, telecommunications service providers or services may share the same physical lines, which increases the vulnerability of a single failure point. It is important to have provider transparency for the actual physical transmission capability for telecommunication services.
Assessment Objective
alternate telecommunications services to reduce the likelihood of sharing a single point of failure with primary telecommunications services are obtained.
Contingency planning policy
procedures addressing primary and alternate telecommunications services
contingency plan
primary and alternate telecommunications service agreements
system security plan
other relevant documents or records
Organizational personnel with contingency plan telecommunications responsibilities
organizational personnel with system recovery responsibilities
primary and alternate telecommunications service providers
organizational personnel with information security responsibilities