Assessment Objective

Determine if:

• CP-07a. an alternate processing site, including necessary agreements to permit the transfer and resumption of [Assignment: system operations] for essential mission and business functions, is established within [Assignment: time period] when the primary processing capabilities are unavailable;
• CP-07b.
  • CP-07b.[01] the equipment and supplies required to transfer operations are made available at the alternate processing site or if contracts are in place to support delivery to the site within [Assignment: time period] for transfer;
  • CP-07b.[02] the equipment and supplies required to resume operations are made available at the alternate processing site or if contracts are in place to support delivery to the site within [Assignment: time period] for resumption;
• CP-07c. controls provided at the alternate processing site are equivalent to those at the primary site.

Assessment Methods

Examine

• Contingency planning policy
• procedures addressing alternate processing sites
• contingency plan
• alternate processing site agreements
• primary processing site agreements
• spare equipment and supplies inventory at alternate processing site
• equipment and supply contracts
• service-level agreements
• system security plan
• other relevant documents or records

Interview

• Organizational personnel with responsibilities for contingency planning and/or alternate site arrangements
• organizational personnel with information security responsibilities

Test

• Organizational processes for recovery at the alternate site
• mechanisms supporting and/or implementing recovery at the alternate processing site

Gekoppelde issues

• NIST -

  https://csrc.nist.gov/pubs/sp/800/53/r5/upd1/final