id: "CP-11" title: "Alternate Communications Protocols" family: "CP" family_name: "Contingency Planning" sort_id: "cp-11" priority: "P2" implementation_level: "organization"
Statement
Provide the capability to employ {{ insert: param, cp-11_odp }} in support of maintaining continuity of operations.
Guidance
Contingency plans and the contingency training or testing associated with those plans incorporate an alternate communications protocol capability as part of establishing resilience in organizational systems. Switching communications protocols may affect software applications and operational aspects of systems. Organizations assess the potential side effects of introducing alternate communications protocols prior to implementation.
Assessment Objective
the capability to employ {{ insert: param, cp-11_odp }} are provided in support of maintaining continuity of operations.
Contingency planning policy
procedures addressing alternative communications protocols
contingency plan
continuity of operations plan
system design documentation
system configuration settings and associated documentation
list of alternative communications protocols supporting continuity of operations
system security plan
other relevant documents or records
Organizational personnel with contingency planning and plan implementation responsibilities
organizational personnel with continuity of operations planning and plan implementation responsibilities
organizational personnel with information security responsibilities
system/network administrators
system developers
Mechanisms employing alternative communications protocols