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id: "SI-13(05)" title: "Failover Capability" family: "SI" family_name: "System and Information Integrity" sort_id: "si-13.05" priority: "P1" implementation_level: "organization" parent: "SI-13" enhancement: True

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Statement

Provide {{ insert: param, si-13.05_odp.01 }} {{ insert: param, si-13.05_odp.02 }} for the system.

Guidance

Failover refers to the automatic switchover to an alternate system upon the failure of the primary system. Failover capability includes incorporating mirrored system operations at alternate processing sites or periodic data mirroring at regular intervals defined by the recovery time periods of organizations.

Assessment Objective

{{ insert: param, si-13.05_odp.01 }} {{ insert: param, si-13.05_odp.02 }} is provided for the system.

System and information integrity policy

system and information integrity procedures

procedures addressing predictable failure prevention

system design documentation

system configuration settings and associated documentation

documentation describing the failover capability provided for the system

system audit records

system security plan

other relevant documents or records

Organizational personnel responsible for the failover capability

organizational personnel with information security responsibilities

system/network administrators

organizational personnel with contingency planning responsibilities

Organizational processes for managing the failover capability

automated mechanisms supporting and/or implementing the failover capability