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id: "CP-09(05)" title: "Transfer to Alternate Storage Site" family: "CP" family_name: "Contingency Planning" sort_id: "cp-09.05" priority: "P2" implementation_level: "organization" parent: "CP-09" enhancement: True

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Statement

Transfer system backup information to the alternate storage site {{ insert: param, cp-9.5_prm_1 }}.

Guidance

System backup information can be transferred to alternate storage sites either electronically or by the physical shipment of storage media.

Assessment Objective: system backup information is transferred to the alternate storage site for {{ insert: param, cp-09.05_odp.01 }};

Assessment Objective: system backup information is transferred to the alternate storage site {{ insert: param, cp-09.05_odp.02 }}.

Contingency planning policy

procedures addressing system backup

contingency plan

system backup logs or records

evidence of system backup information transferred to alternate storage site

alternate storage site agreements

system security plan

other relevant documents or records

Organizational personnel with system backup responsibilities

organizational personnel with information security responsibilities

Organizational processes for transferring system backups to the alternate storage site

mechanisms supporting and/or implementing system backups

mechanisms supporting and/or implementing information transfer to the alternate storage site